Violantha

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.

Violantha
Henny Porten
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Ernst Zahn (novel) Walter Supper Hans Wilhelm
Produced by	Carl Froelich Henny Porten Wilhelm von Kaufmann
Starring	Henny Porten Mathilde Sussin William Dieterle
Cinematography	Robert Freckmann Axel Graatkjær Gustave Preiss
Music by	Walter Winnig
Production companies	Henny Porten-Froelich-Produktion Monopol-Film
Distributed by	Parufamet
Release date	8 January 1928 (1928-01-08)
Countries	Germany Switzerland
Languages	Silent German intertitles

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