The Flame (1923)
- Original title
- Die Flamme
- Directed by
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent drama set in 1920s Paris. A woman from the Montmartre district becomes entangled in a passionate and tragic love affair. The film follows her story and the people around her.
old-fashioneddramaticromantictheatricalsilent-erasomberelegiacatmosphericcharacter-driven
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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