Violantha (1928)

Directed by

Carl Froelich

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany, Switzerland

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a Swiss mountain village faces personal conflict related to her family and community. The story centers on her choices and their consequences within a rural setting.

quietpastoralearnestmelodramaticslow-pacedsentimentallyrical

What happens

Violantha is a 1928 German-Swiss silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Mathilde Sussin and William Dieterle. 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. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Switzerland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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