The Burning Secret

The Burning Secret
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
Distributed by Deutsche Universal-Film
Release date
20 March 1933
Running time
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. It was released by the German branch of Universal Pictures.

Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister.[1] The film was remade in 1988.

Cast

References

  1. 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.
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