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The Burning Secret
''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.Reimer & Reimer p. 275 The film was remade in 1988. 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 Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (1946). Early life Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak and the brother of Curt, Werner and Roland. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig (the myth of his American birth in Memphis, Tennessee was necessary for him to obtain a visa in Paris during World War II). He worked as a stage director and a banker before becoming editor and scenarist for Curtis Bernhardt in 1925 (Bernhardt directed a film of Siodmak's story ''Conflict'' in 1945). At twenty-six he was hired by his cousin, producer Seymour Nebenzal, to assemble original silent movies from stock footage of old films. Siodmak worked at this for two years before he persuaded Nebenzal to finance his first feature, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Stein
Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of Jewish descent, she fled to the United States via Czechoslovakia and Portugal, and arrived at the Port of New York on board the S/S ''Mouzinho'' in June 1941. Selected filmography * ''The Closed Chain'' (1920) * ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920) * ''The Curse of Silence'' (1922) * ''Man by the Wayside'' (1923) * ''The Burning Secret'' (1923) * ''Father Voss'' (1925) * ''Hussar Fever'' (1925) * '' Doña Juana'' (1927) * ''Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That'' (1928) * ''Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * ''The Green Alley'' (1928) * ''Guilty'' (1928) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1929) * '' The Copper'' (1930) * ''Next, Please!'' (1930) * ''Susanne Cleans Up'' (1930) * '' Witnesses Wanted'' (1930) * ''Police Spy 77'' (1930) * '' Of Life and Death'' (1930) * ''Three Days of Love'' (1931) * ''When the Soldiers'' (1931) *''Errant Husbands'' (1931) * '' Queen of the Night'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Berghaus
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories. The company claims to have 150 number-one or number-two brands worldwide. Heinz ranked first in ketchup in the US with a market share in excess of 50%; the Ore-Ida label held 46% of the frozen potato sector in 2003. Since 1896, the company has used its " 57 Varieties" slogan; it was inspired by a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, and Henry Heinz chose the number 57 even though the company manufactured more than 60 products at the time, because "5" was his lucky number and "7" was his wife's. In February 2013, Heinz agreed to be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway and the Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital for $23billion. On March 25, 2015, Kraft announced its m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Marsa
Rina Marsa (1904–?) was a Russian-born actress. She appeared in a number of German and Austrian films during the late 1920s and early 1930s in a mixture of lead and supporting roles. She was briefly married to Emilio Genís Varela, a Spanish Banker and Shipping Magnate Selected filmography * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1928) * '' Yacht of the Seven Sins'' (1928) * ''Secret Police'' (1929) * '' Silence in the Forest'' (1929) * ''Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1929) * ''Youthful Indiscretion'' (1929) * '' Love and Champagne'' (1930) * '' Of Life and Death'' (1930) * ''The Uncle from Sumatra'' (1930) * '' General Babka'' (1930) * ''Poor as a Church Mouse'' (1931) * ''No More Love'' (1931) * ''Calais-Dover ''Calais-Dover'' (french: Calais-Douvres) is a 1931 French-German comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Anatole Litvak and starring Lilian Harvey, André Roanne and Armand Bernard.Bock & Bergfelder p. 455 It is the French-language version of th ...'' (1931) * '' The Burning Secret'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Richter (actor)
Hans Richter (12 January 1919 – 5 October 2008) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1984, mostly in supporting roles. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany and died in Heppenheim, Germany. Life and career Hans Richter made his film debut as "Fliegender Hirsch" in Gerhard Lamprecht's ''Emil and the Detectives'' (1931), based on the novel of the same name by Erich Kästner. In the following years, Richter become a popular juvenile actor; often playing clever, somewhat cheeky boys (a type similar to Mickey Rooney in the American film during the 1930s). When he reached legal age, he had appeared in over 50 films. After his supporting role as a lazy schoolboy in ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944), Richter got drafted into the German Wehrmacht and was also in war imprisonment for some time. After the World War, Richter worked as a cabaret artist and also appeared in numerous of the popular Heimatfilms, among them '' The Black Forest Girl'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Beierle
Alfred Beierle (4 June 1885 – 16 March 1950) was a German stage and film actor.Alpi p.346 Selected filmography * '' The League of Three'' (1929) * ''The Flute Concert of Sanssouci'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1930) * '' The Duke of Reichstadt'' (1931) * '' My Leopold'' (1931) * '' Bobby Gets Going'' (1931) * '' In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * '' Gloria'' (1931) * '' Crime Reporter Holm'' (1932) * ''The Daredevil'' (1931) * '' Express 13'' (1931) * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * ''Gypsies of the Night'' (1932) * '' The Heath Is Green'' (1932) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * '' The Victor'' (1932) * '' The White Demon'' (1932) * ''The Big Bluff'' (1933) * '' The Burning Secret'' (1933) * '' Life Begins Tomorrow'' (1933) * '' The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel'' (1934) * '' A Woman with Power of Attorney'' (1934) * ''The Violet of Potsdamer Platz'' (1936) * ''Under Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Dumcke
Ernst Dumcke (13 November 1887 – 21 June 1940) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Panik in Chicago'' (1931) * ''Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * '' Under False Flag'' (1932) * ''My Friend the Millionaire'' (1932) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1932) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1932) * ''The Burning Secret'' (1933) * '' Song of the Black Mountains'' (1933) * ''The Fugitive From Chicago'' (1933) * '' Spies at Work'' (1933) * ''Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' A Woman With Power of Attorney'' (1934) * ''Hangmen, Women and Soldiers'' (1935) * ''The King's Prisoner'' (1935) * '' Girls in White'' (1936) * ''Family Parade'' (1936) *'' The Chief Witness'' (1937) * ''The Glass Ball'' (1937) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1938) * ''Hello Janine!'' (1939) * ''The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky ''The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky'' or ''It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball'' (german: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Secret
''Burning Secret'' is a 1988 drama film, based on the short story ''Brennendes Geheimnis'' by Stefan Zweig, about an American diplomat's son who befriends a mysterious baron while staying at an Austrian spa during the 1920s. This symbol-filled story, filmed with sensuous detail and nuance, is set in Austria in the 1920s. While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war experiences, the baron reveals the scar of a wound from an American soldier and thrusts a pin through it, saying "see—no feeling." Little does the boy realize that it is his turn to be wounded. But soon his adored friend heartlessly brushes him aside and turns his seductive attentions to his mother. The boy's jealousy and feelings of betrayal become uncontrollable. The film was written and directed by Andrew Birkin, and stars Klaus Maria Brandauer, Faye Dunaway, and David Eberts. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichs Ministry Of Public Enlightenment And Propaganda
The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (; RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany. The ministry was created as the central institution of Nazi propaganda shortly after the party's national seizure of power in January 1933. In the Hitler cabinet, it was headed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who exercised control over all German mass media and creative artists through his ministry and the Reich Chamber of Culture (), which was established in the fall of 1933. Establishment and functions Shortly after the March 1933 Reichstag elections, Adolf Hitler presented his cabinet with a draft resolution to establish the ministry. Despite the skepticism of some non-National Socialist ministers, Hitler pushed the resolution through. On 13 March 1933, Reich President Paul von Hindenburg issued a decree ordering the establishment of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted acolytes, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust. Goebbels, who aspired to be an author, obtained a Doctor of Philology degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1921. He joined the Nazi Party in 1924, and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch. He was appointed ''Gauleiter'' of Berlin in 1926, where he began to take an interest in the use of propaganda to promote the party and its programme. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry quickly gained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adultery
Adultery (from Latin ''adulterium'') is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds. Although the sexual activities that constitute adultery vary, as well as the social, religious, and legal consequences, the concept exists in many cultures and is similar in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Adultery is viewed by many jurisdictions as offensive to public morals, undermining the marriage relationship. Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, usually for the woman and sometimes for the man, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. Such punishments have gradually fallen into disfavor, especially in Western countries from the 19th century. In countries where adultery is still a criminal offense, punishments range from fines to caning and even capital punishment. Since the 20th century, criminal laws against adultery have become controversi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
