| Woman in Flames | |
| Producer: | Robert Wüllner |
| Cinematography: | Franz Planer |
| Studio: | Tschechowa Film |
| Distributor: | Bavaria Film |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Germany |
Woman in Flames (German: Weib in Flammen) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Olga Chekhova, Alexej Bondireff and Ferdinand von Alten.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexander Ferenczy. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Countess Clarissa Thalberg, in a passionless marriage to her much older husband, falls head over heels for a dashing aviator Baron Demeter von Thurzo she meets one day. She abandons her husband while he leaves his fiancée, leading to his father disowning him. The couple struggle financially and socially, as his conduct has led to him being shunned, and he makes heavily losses at the gaming tables. Clarissa is reduced to working as a clothes model in a fashion salon where she was once a valued customer, in order to support them. Her lover's father prepares a fresh attempt to get her to abandon his son by buying her off, but she heroically chooses to sacrifice her life saving another when a devastating fire hits the fashion house.