Playing with Fire (1921 German film)

1921 German film

Playing with Fire

Directed by|

* Robert Wiene
* Georg Kroll

Written by|

* Alexander Engel
* Julius Horst

Produced by| Erich Pommer
Starring|

* Diana Karenne
* Vasilij Vronski
* Ossip Runitsch
* Anton Edthofer
* Hans Junkermann

Cinematography| Fritz Arno Wagner

Production
company

Decla-Bioscop

Distributed by| Decla-Bioscop

Release date

* May 1921 (1921-05)

Country| Germany
Languages|

* Silent
* German intertitles

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

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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

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* Diana Karenne
* Vasilij Vronski
* Ossip Runitsch
* Anton Edthofer
* Hans Junkermann
* Emil Biron
* Viktor Blum
* Leonhard Haskel
* Emil Heyse [de]
* Max Kronert
* Karl Platen
* Lucia Tosti
* Otto Treptow

## References

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

## Bibliography

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

## External links

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* Playing with Fire at IMDb

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Films directed by Robert Wiene

1910s|

* He This Way, She That Way (1914)
* The Canned Bride (1915)
* Frau Eva  (1916)
* The Queen's Love Letter (1916)
* The Queen's Secretary (1916)
* The Wandering Light (1916)
* The Robber Bride (1916)
* Lehmann's Honeymoon (1916)
* The Man in the Mirror (1917)
* Life Is a Dream (1917)
* Steadfast Benjamin (1917)
* Fear (1917)

1920s|

* The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
* The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (1920)
* Genuine (1920)
* The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920)
* Panic in the House of Ardon (1920)
* A Woman's Revenge (1921)
* Playing with Fire (1921)
* The Infernal Power (1922)
* Raskolnikow (1923)
* The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)
* I.N.R.I. (1923)
* The Hands of Orlac (1924)
* Boarding House Groonen (1925)
* The Guardsman (1925)
* Der Rosenkavalier (1926)
* The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926)
* The Mistress (1927)
* The Famous Woman (1927)
* The Woman on the Rack (1928)
* Leontine's Husbands (1928)
* The Great Adventuress (1928)
* Folly of Love (1928)

1930s|

* The Other (1930)
* The Prosecutor Hallers (1930)
* The Love Express (1931)
* Venetian Nights (1931)
* Panic in Chicago (1931)
* Typhoon (1933)
* A Night in Venice (1934)
* Ultimatum (1938)

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