The Burning Secret

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...

• Robert SiodmakDirector
• Alfred PolgarScreenplay
• Robert SiodmakScreenplay

• Alfred AbelDer Mann
• Hilde WagenerDie Frau
• Hans Joachim SchaufußEdgar
• Willi ForstHerr von Haller, Rennfahrer
• Lucie HöflichMutter der Frau
• Alfred BeierleMüller, Hoteldetektiv
• Hans RichterFritz, Page
• Rina MarsaFräulein de la Roche
• Heinz BerghausCast
• Edwin JürgensenCast
• Kurt PulvermacherCast
• Lotte SteinCast