---
title: 'Playing with Fire (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wiene'
released: '1921-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/playing-with-fire-1921-2'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012720/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Playing with Fire (1921)

1921 · Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

Playing with Fire is a 1921 German silent comedy-drama film directed by Georg Kroll and Robert Wiene and starring Diana Karenne, Vasilij Vronski, Ossip Runitsch, and Anton Edthofer. It 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wiene](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wiene)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-engel)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fritz Arno Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-arno-wagner)

## Cast

- [Max Kronert](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-kronert)
- [Anton Edthofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-edthofer)
- [Ossip Runitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossip-runitsch)
- [Diana Karenne](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-karenne)
- [Leonhard Haskel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonhard-haskel)
- [Hans Junkermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-junkermann)
- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Emil Birron](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-birron)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/playing-with-fire-1921-2
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