The Film in the Film (1924)

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 (21)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Robert Wiene

Self

If you liked The Film in the Film, you might also like…

93% match

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990

85% match

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023

84% match

Sidney

2022

81% match

Directed by John Ford

1971

76% match

Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity

2021

76% match

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

73% match

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

68% match

The Director and the Jedi

2018

63% match

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013

61% match

The Walking Dead: The Return

2024

60% match

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

2006

60% match

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009

60% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025

60% match

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

60% match

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025

60% match

S4: The Bob Lazar Story

2026

60% match

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011

60% match

Night Will Fall

2014

60% match

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

2019

60% match

Birth of the Living Dead

2013