Playing with Fire (1921 German film)

Playing with Fire (German: Das Spiel mit dem Feuer) is a 1921 German silent comedy-drama film directed by and Robert Wiene and starring Diana Karenne, , Ossip Runitsch, and Anton Edthofer. 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.^[1] The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.^[2]

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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[]

• Playing with Fire at IMDb

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