---
title: 'The Flame (1923)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1923-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-flame-1923'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014046/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Flame (1923)

1923 · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Flamme

## Synopsis

The Flame 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Hanns Kräly](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-kraly)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Künneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-kunneke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Theodor Sparkuhl](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-sparkuhl), [Alfred Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hansen-2)

## Cast

- [Frida Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/frida-richard)
- [Pola Negri](https://cinepixo.com/people/pola-negri)
- [Max Adalbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-adalbert)
- [Jakob Tiedtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-tiedtke)
- [Hermann Thimig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-thimig)
- [Alfred Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-abel)
- [Ferdinand von Alten](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-von-alten)
- [Hilde Wörner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-worner)

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