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Playing with Fire

19341h 27mMovie

A smart wife cures her husband of his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

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Cast

Paul HörbigerDr. Alfred Kramer
Trude MarlenAnnette, seine Frau
Elga BrinkSylvia Bernhardt, Sängerin
Willi SchaeffersGründlich, Schriftsteller
Aribert WäscherWhiteman, Manager
Horst BirrEmil Kummerberg, Kellner
Josef Reithofer
Ernst Hofmann
Ellen HilleMarie, Mädchen bei Kramer
Hilde KrügerHelene, Zofe bei Sylvia
Ernst G. Schiffner
Hans Sternberg
Toni Tetzlaff
Boris Walt

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Director: Ralph Arthur Roberts
Writers: Erwin Lehnow, Roland Schacht, Herbert B. Fredersdorf
Release date: September 17, 1934
Runtime: 1h 27m
Original language: German
Studios: UFA

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The Wedding Year20195.0
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