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The Film in the Film
7.5
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0h 17m
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1924
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 pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F5pKarwCYLqpCACoh2zrNGrgudLg.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Ernst Deutsch
Himself
![E.A. Dupont pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fc1u6awHLEnuRBnuR4sSi1BQzN11.jpg&w=320&q=75)
E.A. Dupont
Himself
![Richard Eichberg pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FbXZJzcvdTLCwSlvBSCP89I3g21L.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Richard Eichberg
Himself
![Maria Jacobini pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FwsqvyNo1w0AbXBGALP6bOkLEAs8.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Maria Jacobini
Herself
![Emil Jannings pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FyX7AFfYgYit6WlPshockLsP40LB.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Emil Jannings
Himself
![Werner Krauß pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FxlyS30qzcndmczxG5JdJWwJ1heI.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Werner Krauß
Himself
![Fritz Lang pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fzb7VF00t04zBaU4OJEihrD5O56s.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Fritz Lang
Himself
![Paul Leni pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FcY765lJFrvADxgdlsq6vB0NUY7h.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Paul Leni
Himself
![Harry Liedtke pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F6uub4Y8JGTi2MmzbFVq5DD2Yf5o.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Harry Liedtke
Himself
![F. W. Murnau pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FulUA4GiMNFcVDTyQZ5b6Samri72.jpg&w=320&q=75)
F. W. Murnau
Himself
![Asta Nielsen pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FngtSkT7QMv0Qy5ZygrqQ72TEGBx.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Asta Nielsen
Herself
![Julius Pinschewer pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Julius Pinschewer
Himself
![Henny Porten pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FhRbZYZhlwHbcVI9IUMma7fHx1yR.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Henny Porten
Herself
![Valdemar Psilander pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FtDPAGXL5yuSJ09V9UnLkAWctpP2.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Valdemar Psilander
Himself
![Gennaro Righelli pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FtQri6XlRmgUYKQZuddnNn39ccUs.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Gennaro Righelli
Himself
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