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Playing with fire (1921)

NR | May 19, 1921 (DE) | | 01:18

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.

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Diana Karenne
Lucia Tosti, die berühmte Schauspielerin
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Wassily Wronsky
Der Herzog Ripafratta
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Anton Edthofer
Der Dichter Carlo Spini
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Leonhard Haskel
Der Theaterdirektor
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Hans Junkermann
Graf Serrante
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Otto Treptow
Graf Ferrante
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Karl Platen
Der Diener des Herzogs
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Lucia Tosti
Lola, die Apachin
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Ossip Runitsch
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