The Film in the Film (1924)

7.3/10 17 min Documentary

Overview

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

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