The Film in the Film

Friedrich Porges
1924-06-26


7.5
17 min

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

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