MovieDrama
The Burning Secret
5.7(6)19331h 32m
One autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in Switzerland. His father, a busy lawyer, remains at the family home in Vienna. When he sees a stylish motorcar pull up at the hotel, Edgar wastes no time befriending its owner, an amiable dandy. The latter pays more attention to the boy’s mother than to the boy himself, and decides to use Edgar to wheedle his way into her affections. When Edgar realises he has been used, he is far from happy...
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Writers
- Alfred Polgar,Robert Siodmak
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Cast
Alfred Abel
Der Mann
Hilde Wagener
Die Frau
Hans Joachim Schaufuß
Edgar
Willi Forst
Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer
Lucie Höflich
Mutter der Frau
Alfred Beierle
Müller, Hoteldetektiv
Hans Richter
Fritz, Page
Rina Marsa
Fräulein de la Roche
Heinz Berghaus
Edwin Jürgensen
Kurt Pulvermacher
Lotte Stein
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Babette Jenssen
Alexander Fernoff
Crew
Directing
- Robert SiodmakDirector
Writing
- Stefan ZweigNovel
- Frederick KohnerNovel
- Alfred PolgarScreenplay
- Robert SiodmakScreenplay
Production
- Alfred SternProducer
Camera
- Richard AngstDirector of Photography
- Robert BaberskeDirector of Photography
Editing
- Max BrennerEditor
Sound
- Allan GrayMusic
- Charles MétainSound Designer
- Hermann StörSound Designer
Art
- Hans BlankeArt Direction
- Robert A. DietrichArt Direction
- Ruth SternauArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Senta SchlickCostume Design
- Otto SuckrowCostume Design
- Willi GrabowMakeup Artist
- Alois StrasserMakeup Artist