Die Flamme

1923 Drama Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

About Die Flamme

Yvette is behind on the rent she owes Madame Vasal and goes out into Paris looking for the money. She meets the young composer Adolphe and marries him. A man she has already refused, and Adolphe's mother, try to break that marriage by dragging up her past. The push comes to a head on the night Adolphe's first symphony is premiered, and the attempt to separate them fails. Pola Negri plays Yvette, Hermann Thimig plays Adolphe, and Alfred Abel plays Gaston.

Cast & crew

More about Die Flamme

Ernst Lubitsch directed his last German film before leaving for Hollywood, where he made Rosita for United Artists the same year. Hanns Kräly wrote the script from a play by Hans Müller. Paramount released the film in the United States as Montmartre.

Themes

  • Rent and a kept life
  • Marriage to a composer
  • A past used as a weapon
  • A symphony premiere
  • Yvette
  • Adolphe
  • Montmartre
  • Pola Negri
  • Lubitsch

Look

Theodor Sparkuhl and Alfred Hansen photographed the PAGU production.

Music

Eduard Künneke is credited with the music.

Notes

  • Hilde Wörner plays Louise. Frida Richard plays Madame Vasal. Jakob Tiedtke plays Monsieur Borell.
  • Ferdinand von Alten and Max Adalbert are also credited.
  • An English-language magazine synopsis of the export version names the composer André Leduc and the rejected suitor Raoul Fournier.

Scenes

  • The scheme against the marriage crests on the night of Adolphe's first symphony.