The Film in the Film

17m
Documentary
7.5

The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.

Cast

Ernst Deutsch
Self
E.A. Dupont
Self
Richard Eichberg
Self
Maria Jacobini
Self
Emil Jannings
Self
Werner Krauss
Self
Fritz Lang
Self
Paul Leni
Self
Harry Liedtke
Self
F. W. Murnau
Self
Asta Nielsen
Self
Julius Pinschewer
Self
Henny Porten
Self
Valdemar Psilander
Self
Gennaro Righelli
Self
Hanns Schwarz
Self
Paul L. Stein
Self
Conrad Veidt
Self
Paul Wegener
Self
Hanni Weisse
Self
Robert Wiene
Self

Crew

Friedrich Porges
Director, Writer
Richard Hirschfeld
Producer

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