The Burning Secret

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 20, 1933

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany, Austria

Production

Tonal-Film

Cast

Kurt Pulvermacher,Heinz Berghaus,Rina Marsa,F. W. Schröder-Schrom,Hilde Wagener,Alfred Abel,Hans Joachim Schaufuß,Willi Forst,Alfred Beierle,Alexander Fernoffand 5 more

Director

Robert Siodmak

Writer

Robert Siodmak,Frederick Kohner,Stefan Zweig,Alfred Polgar

Producer

Alfred Stern

Cinematography

Robert Baberske,Richard Angst

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0023840