Flirtation

About Flirtation

Flirtation is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Fred Louis Lerch, Henry Stuart and Jaro Fürth. It was shot at the Johannisthal and EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It was based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler, which was turned into a 1933 sound film Liebelei by Max Ophüls.

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Flirtation (German: Liebelei) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Fred Louis Lerch, Henry Stuart and Jaro Fürth. It was shot at the Johannisthal and EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It was based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler, which was turned into a 1933 sound film Liebelei by Max Ophüls.

Cast

Fred Louis Lerch as Fritz Lobheimer, Student

Henry Stuart as Theodor Kaiser, sein Studienfreund

Jaro Fürth as Der alte Weyring, Cellist am Stadttheater

Evelyn Holt as Christine, seine Tochter

Hilde Maroff as Mizzi Schlager, ihre Freundin

Robert Scholz as Bankier Velten

Vivian Gibson as Doris, seine Frau

Karl Platen as Franz, Lobmeiers Diener

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Notable quotes

“I assisted at the birth of that most significant word flirtation, which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world, and which has since received the sanction of our most accurate Laureate in one of his comedies.”
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World, No. 101. Lady Frances Shirley referred to Poet-Laureate, Colley Cibber.
“Flirtation, attention without intention.”
— Max O'Rell, John Bull and his Island.
“Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her—when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her.”
— Helen Rowland
“The longer they wait, the better they like it.”
— Marlene Dietrich

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