The Flame (1923 film)

The Flame
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Hans Müller (play) Hanns Kräly
Starring	Pola Negri Hermann Thimig Alfred Abel Hilde Woerner
Cinematography	Alfred Hansen Theodor Sparkuhl
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (US)
Release dates	11 September 1923 ^[1]
Running time	9 reels
Country	Germany
Language	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 Woerner 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

The Flame at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Feature films	Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) When Four Do the Same (1917) Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) Carmen (1918) Intoxication (1919) The Doll (1919) My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) The Oyster Princess (1919) Meyer from Berlin (1919) Madame DuBarry (1919) Sumurun (1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wild Cat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This Is Paris (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour with You (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Short films	I Don't Want to Be a Man Kohlhiesels Töchter If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

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