Playing with Fire (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. 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 received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.

Cast

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

Bibliography

• 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