Covered Tracks (1938)
1h 21m
Running Time
August 25, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
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Cast & Crew.
Kristina Söderbaum
Séraphine Lawrence
Philip Dorn
Doktor Fernand Morot
Heinrich Schroth
Graf Duval
Paul Dahlke
Journalist Henri Poquet
Charlotte Schultz
Madeleine Lawrence - Séraphines Mutter
Friedrich Kayssler
Polizeipräfekt von Paris
Elisabeth Botz
Pensionswirtin Madame Chaumette
Veit Harlan
Director
Paul Bildt
Attaché an der englischen Botschaft
Felix Lützkendorf
Writer
Hans Rothe
Writer
Thea von Harbou
Writer
Hans-Otto Borgmann
Composer
Hans Halden
Polizeikommissar Fragonard
Bruno Mondi
Cinematographer
Leo Peukert
Dubois / Polizeisekretär Dubois
Jakob Tiedtke
Hotelier Dompierre
Josef Sieber
Hausdiener Maurice
Clemens Hasse
Hausdiener Gaston
Klaus Detlef Sierck
Page Armand
Ernst Rotmund
Nachtportier
Max Wilmsen
Tagesportier
Edith Meinhard
Jeanette / Stubenmädchen Jeannette
Milena von Eckardt
Maurices Freundin Colette
Hermann Wagner
Musikstudent Gustave
Hildegard Imhoff
Madame Printemps
Hans Stiebner
Druckereibesitzer Pigeon
Valy Arnheim
Chefredakteur des 'Figaro'
Hans Hemes
Sekretär an der englischen Botschaft
Heinrich Vogt
Ballhausdirektor
Lyda Soe
Tänzerin
Hilla Höfer
Sekretärin Poquets
Georg Völkel
Colettes Tänzer beim Hausball
Charles Willy Kayser
Pariser Hotelportier
Gerti Ober
Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. Morot
Heiner Dugal
Malerlehrling
Hansjakob Gröblinghoff
Page im Hotel de la Russie
Bruno Mockmann
Patient bei Dr. Morot
Carl-August Dennert
1. Gast im Ballhaus
Fritz Draeger
2. Gast im Ballhaus
Hedwig Wangel
Ältere Dame im Cafégarten
Erwin Biegel
Pariser Kutscher
Alfred Karen
Uniformierter Würdenträger in der Loge des Polizeipräfekten
Bayume Mohamed Husen
Junger Schwarzer beim Korsoumzug
Hermann Warm
Construction Manager
Wolfgang Schleif
Assistant Director
Bruno Lopinski
Production Manager
Hans Kothe
Costume Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 25, 1938
Original NameVerwehte Spuren
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Genres
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Wiki.
Covered Tracks (German: Verwehte Spuren) is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, and Charlotte Schultz. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin's Halensee and the Bavaria Studios in Munich with location shooting taking place in both cities as well as in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival.