Underplayed Gems

Flimmersterne (1918)

Flimmersterne poster
Directed by
Hans Neumann
Country
Weimar Republic
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How it feels

A silent German drama from 1918 about the film industry and its stars. The story follows people working in movies and looks at their lives and the business around them.

early cinemasilentself-referentialobservationaldramatichistoricstraightforward

What happens

Flimmersterne ist der Titel eines stummen deutschen Kino-Dramas, das Hans Neumann 1918 nach einem eigenen Manuskript für die Produktionsfirma Harmonie-Film GmbH (Berlin) mit Elli Glässner, Arthur Bergen und Jean Moreau in den Hauptrollen inszenierte. Der Film, der mit Nebentitel auch Die Geschichte einer Filmschauspielerin hieß, befasst sich in selbstreferentieller Weise mit dem Filmgeschäft und seinen Protagonisten, den „Flimmersternen“. „Flimmersterne“ war seinerzeit in Deutschland eine gängige Bezeichnung für Filmschaffende. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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