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Despite the obvious advantages, the practical application such sensors are currently limited by the following problems: low photo- and thermal stability, the use of UV sources for their excitation and the difficulty of obtaining thin-film materials. In this work, we propose a simple approach to developing visible-light-excited temperature sensors based on films of an anisometric Eu(III) complex by performing their vitrification from the melt. Due to formation of J-aggregates, the spectra of such microscale films contain an intensive excitation band at \u223c400 nm, which allows for activating their luminescence not only by UV light but also by inexpensive visible light sources with the absorption range wavelengths of 390\u2013425 nm. The impact of temperature on the luminescence intensity and lifetime of the films excited by visible light was studied. The ranges of temperature measurement and sensitivities of the produced films were evaluated. The films demonstrated high temperature sensitivity of their luminescence equal to 18.97 \u03bcs\/K. The produced materials can reversibly change their luminescent parameters in the temperature range of 298\u2013353 K. The studied temperature-sensitive material can be excited by inexpensive sources of visible light. 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