Danton (1921 film)

Danton
American advertisement, under its U.S. release title All for a Woman
Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Johnstone Craig Carl Mayer Dimitri Buchowetzki
Based on	Danton's Death by Georg Büchner
Starring	Emil Jannings Werner Krauss Ossip Runitsch Ferdinand von Alten
Cinematography	Arpad Viragh
Production company	Wörner-Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	UFA (Germany) First National Pictures (US)
Release date	4 May 1921 (1921-05-04)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	Silent (German intertitles)

Danton is a 1921 German silent historical film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Ossip Runitsch. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in the city on 4 May 1921.^[1] It was based on the 1835 play Danton's Death by Georg Büchner.