The Burning Secret

The Burning Secret — 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...

• Release date
• March 20, 1933
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Robert Siodmak

The Burning Secret — Cast

Alfred Abel Der Mann Hilde Wagener Die Frau

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Hans Joachim Schaufuß Edgar Willi Forst Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer Lucie Höflich Mutter der Frau Alfred Beierle Müller, Hoteldetektiv Hans Richter Fritz, Page Rina Marsa Fräulein de la Roche