Flat illuminating device

The Invention relates to a planar illumination device (10, 10 ') having on a support arranged light-emitting illumination elements (1) arranged to power supply connected to current supply and current discharge lines (4 ') are. The carrier has the form of a metallic foil (2), the insulating with a Layer (3) is covered on top of each between the current supply and Strombableitungen (4 ') series circuits, each one illuminating element (1) and a Vorwiderstandsfläche are arranged (5). In each case a lighting element (1) and a Vorwiderstandsfläche (5) a series circuit and the series circuits and the current supply and Current leads (4 ') are Interconnects (4) connected to each other. The invention also relates to a method for producing such lighting fixtures.