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      • 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. 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.
      Because of its theme of adultery, the film was attacked by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister.


      Cast


      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


      Production


      The Burning Secret was the last film Robert Siodmak, who was Jewish, directed before the Nazi seizure of power. The film was based on the story by Stefan Zweig that was previously adapted as a silent film. The cinematography was done by Richard Angst.


      Release


      The film was released in Berlin on 29 March 1933, but was shown without the credits for director, composer, lyricist, and original author. Joseph Goebbels attacked Siodmak as a "corrupter of the German family" in Völkischer Beobachter. Siodmak and his brother later left Germany for France and then the United States.


      References




      Works cited


      Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.


      Bibliography


      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


      The Burning Secret at IMDb

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