Burning Secret (1988) ( Brennendes Geheimnis )

Burning Secret (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Brennendes Geheimnis
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Andrew Birkin

Written By:
Stefan Zweig

Actors:
Klaus Maria Brandauer ..... The Baron Baron Alexander von Hauenstein
Faye Dunaway ..... Mrs. Sonya Tuchman
David Eberts ..... Edmund Tuchman
Ian Richardson ..... Mr. Tuchman
John Nettleton ..... Doctor Weiss
Martin Obernigg ..... Concierge
Václav Stekl ..... Assistant Concierge
Vladimír Pospísil ..... Hotel Manager
Karel Karas-Kratochvil ..... Doorman
Ivo Niederle ..... Sanatorium Manager
Jarmila Derkova ..... Frau Isambard
Josef Kubicek ..... Station Master
Veronika Jeníková ..... Kissing Woman (as Veronica Jenikova)
Roman Hajek ..... Kissing Man
Raoul Schránil ..... Hotel Guest (as Raul Schranil)

Synopsis:

Set in the years just after World War I at an upper-class winter spa, this period drama concerns the sickly son, Edmund (David Eberts), of American diplomat Mr. Tuchman (Ian Richardson). Edmund is accompanied to the spa with his ice-boned mother Sonya (Faye Dunaway) to recuperate from an asthmatic condition. At the spa, Edmund meets a dashing baron (Klaus Maria Brandauer), who regales Edmund with tales of his wartime exploits and takes him on long trips in his car and into the woods to explore a decaying tower. The Baron suffers from a hidden depression. Sonya, too, suffers from a depression exacerbated by years of a passionless marriage. Inevitably, these two manic souls find each other and have an affair. But now Edmund becomes jealous, and even his well-placed asthma attacks can't break Sonya and The Baron apart. So Edmund, his innocent boyhood shattered forever, takes off to Vienna to expose the affair to his father.

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.

Love story of a mother who becomes involved with an Austrian baron in a sanitarium.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 07 January, 2012.