The Burning Secret
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The Burning Secret | |
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Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
Produced by | Alfred Sternau |
Written by | Stefan Zweig (novella) Frederick Kohner Alfred Polgar Robert Siodmak |
Starring | Alfred Abel Hilde Wagener Hans Joachim Schaufuß Lucie Höflich Willi Forst |
Music by | Allan Gray |
Cinematography | Richard Angst Robert Baberske |
Edited by | Max Brenner |
Production
company |
Tonal-Film
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Distributed by | Deutsche Universal-Film |
Release dates
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20 March 1933 |
Running time
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92 minutes |
Country | Austria Germany |
Language | German |
The Burning Secret (German:Brennendes Geheimnis) is a 1933 Austrian-German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener and Hans Joachim Schaufuß. It was based on the novella of the same title by Stefan Zweig. Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels the incoming Nazi Propaganda Minister.[1] The film was remade in 1988.
Contents
Cast
- Alfred Abel as Der Mann
- Hilde Wagener as Die Frau
- Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Edgar
- Lucie Höflich as Mutter der Frau
- Willi Forst as Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer
- Ernst Dumcke as Baron Tosse
- Alfred Beierle as Müller, Hoteldetektiv
- Hans Richter as Fritz, Page
- Rina Marsa as Fräulein de la Roche
- Heinz Berghaus as Hotelportier
- Lotte Stein as Frau Klappholz
- F.W. Schröder-Schrom
- Babette Jenssen
- Edwin Jürgensen
- Kurt Pulvermacher
- Alexander Fernoff
References
- ↑ Reimer & Reimer p.275
Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
- Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Burning Secret at IMDb
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Categories:
- German-language films
- 1933 films
- 1930s drama films
- Austrian drama films
- German drama films
- Austrian films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Robert Siodmak
- Films based on short fiction
- Films based on works by Stefan Zweig
- Films set in hotels
- Adultery in films
- 1930s German film stubs
- German black-and-white films