The Flame (1923 film)
The Flame | |
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Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Written by | Hans Müller (play) Hanns Kräly |
Starring | Pola Negri Hermann Thimig Alfred Abel Hilde Wörner |
Cinematography | Alfred Hansen Theodor Sparkuhl |
Production company | |
Distributed by | UFA Paramount Pictures (US) |
Release date | 11 September 1923 [1] |
Running time | 9 reels |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Flame (German: Die Flamme) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig and Alfred Abel. The film is based on a play by Hans Müller. In the United States it was released under the alternative title Montmartre. It was the last film Lubitsch made in Germany before emigrating to Hollywood where he directed his first American film Rosita for United Artists the same year.
Cast
- Pola Negri as Yvette
- Hermann Thimig as Adolphe
- Alfred Abel as Gaston
- Hilde Wörner as Louise
- Frida Richard as Madame Vasal
- Jakob Tiedtke as Monsieur Borell
- Max Adalbert as Journalist
- Ferdinand von Alten as Mann von Welt
- Jenny Marba as Adolphes Mutter
References
- ^ Eyman p.380
Bibliography
- Eyman, Scott. Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
External links
Categories:
- 1923 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Films set in Paris
- Films set in the 19th century
- German black-and-white films
- UFA films
- 1920s historical drama films
- German historical drama films
- 1923 drama films
- 1920s drama film stubs
- Silent German film stubs