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Playing with fire (1921)
Directed by Robert Wiene, G. Krol
Overview
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.
The film 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.
Length 78 minutes
Actors
Diana Karenne | Wassily Wronsky | Anton Edthofer | Leonhard Haskel | Hans Junkermann | Otto Treptow | Karl Platen | Lucia Tosti | Albrecht Viktor Blum | Ossip Runitsch | Emil Birron | Emil Heyse