Playing with Fire (1921 German film)

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Playing with Fire
Directed by
  • Decla-Bioscop
Release date
  • May 1921 (1921-05)
CountryGermany
Languages

Playing with Fire (

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. .

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