German temptress producing a different role by the French one (7)
I believe the answer is:
lorelei
'german temptress' is the definition.
'Lorelei' can be an answer for 'temptress' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'german' bit.
'a different role by the french one' is the wordplay.
'a different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'role' with letters rearranged gives 'lore'.
'lore'+'le'+'i'='LORELEI'
'producing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lorelei that I've seen before include "Legendary siren and rock in the R Rhine" , "Enchanting singer" , "Famous Rhine rock" , "High rock in the Rhine gorge" , "Jerk" .)