The Burning Secret

The Burning Secret
The Burning Secret
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Frederick Kohner; Alfred Polgar; Robert Siodmak;
Based on	The Burning Secretby Stefan Zweig
Produced by	Alfred Sternau
Starring	Alfred Abel; Hilde Wagener; Hans Joachim Schaufuß; Lucie Höflich; Willi Forst;
Cinematography	Richard Angst; Robert Baberske;
Edited by	Max Brenner
Music by	Allan Gray
Production; company	Tonal-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Universal-Film
Release date	20 March 1933;
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	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 1913 novella of the same title by Stefan Zweig. It was released by the German branch of Universal Pictures.^[1] It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin and on location around Ascona in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.^[2]

Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister.^[3] The film was remade in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Cast[edit]

Alfred Abel as Der Mann
Hilde Wagener as Die Frau
Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Edgar
Lucie Höflich as Mutter der Frau
Willi Forst as Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer
Ernst Dumcke as Baron Tosse
Alfred Beierle as Müller, Hoteldetektiv
Hans Richter as Fritz, Page
Rina Marsa as Fräulein de la Roche
Heinz Berghaus as Hotelportier
Lotte Stein as Frau Klappholz

References[edit]

^ Alpi p.59
^ Klaus p.24
^ Reimer & Reimer p. 275

Bibliography[edit]

Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works. McFarland, 1998.
Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links[edit]

The Burning Secret at IMDb

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[1] Alpi p.59

[2] Klaus p.24

[3] Reimer & Reimer p. 275

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v t e Films directed by Robert Siodmak
Europe 1930–1939	People on Sunday (1930) Farewell (1930) Inquest (1931) About an Inquest (1931, MLV) The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) Storms of Passion (1932) Quick (1932) The Burning Secret (1933) The Weaker Sex (1933) The Crisis is Over (1934) La Vie parisienne (1936) Parisian Life (1936) The Great Refrain (1936) Compliments of Mister Flow (1936) White Cargo (1937) Mollenard (1938) The Corsican Brothers (1939) Personal Column (1939)
Hollywood 1941–1951	West Point Widow (1941) Fly-by-Night (1942) The Night Before the Divorce (1942) My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) Someone to Remember (1943) Son of Dracula (1943) Phantom Lady (1944) Cobra Woman (1944) Christmas Holiday (1944) The Suspect (1944) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) The Spiral Staircase (1946) The Killers (1946) The Dark Mirror (1946) Time Out of Mind (1947) Cry of the City (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Great Sinner (1949) The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) Deported (1950) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
Europe 1952–1969	The Crimson Pirate (1952) Flesh and the Woman (1954) Die Ratten (1955) My Father, the Actor (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Dorothea Angermann (1959) Magnificent Sinner (1959) The Rough and the Smooth (1959) My Schoolfriend (1960) The Nina B. Affair (1961) Escape from East Berlin (1962) The Shoot (1964) The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) Custer of the West (1967) Kampf um Rom (1968)