Violantha is a 1928 German-Swiss silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Mathilde Sussin and William Dieterle.[1] The film is set in Switzerland and is based on a novel by Ernst Zahn. In 1942 it was remade by Paul May as a sound film under the slightly different title of Violanta.
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| Directed by | Carl Froelich |
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| Music by | Walter Winnig |
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| Distributed by | Parufamet |
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The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland.
Cast
- Mathilde Sussin as Die alte Frau Renner
- William Dieterle as Adelrich - ihr erster Sohn
- Alexander Sascha as Marianus - ihr zweiter Sohn
- Henny Porten as Violantha Zureich
- Karl Platen as Jeremias Zureich / Kneipenwirt / ihr Onkel
- Elsa Wagner as Seine Frau
- Gerd Fricke as Xaver - sein Sohn
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Hofer, Gastwirt
- Sophie Pagay as seine Frau
- Blandine Ebinger as Bella - Kellnerin bei Zureich
- Inge Landgut as Fini
- Max Maximilian as Ein Viehhändler
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