Playing with Fire (1921 German film)

Playing with Fire
Directed by
Written by
Produced byErich Pommer
Starring
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Production
company
Distributed byDecla-Bioscop
Release date
  • May 1921 (1921-05)
CountryGermany
Languages

Playing with Fire (German: Das Spiel mit dem Feuer) is a 1921 German silent comedy-drama film directed by Georg Kroll and Robert Wiene and starring Diana Karenne, Vasilij Vronski, Ossip Runitsch, and Anton Edthofer. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.[1]

Synopsis

A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Jung & Schatzberg, p. 93.
  2. ^ Jung & Schatzberg, pp. 92–93.

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli; Schatzberg, Walter (1999). Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-156-1.


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