The Burning Secret (1933)

Name: The Burning Secret
Genre: Drama
Released: 1933-03-20

1h 32m

Running Time

Plot.

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..

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Details.

Release Date
March 20, 1933

Original Name
Brennendes Geheimnis

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2023-11-12

Wiki.

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. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director.Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister. The film was remade in 1988.