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Burning Secret
- Director: Andrew Birkin
- Writer: Andrew Birkin; Stefan Zweig
- Producer: Robert Arnold; Norbert Bittmann
CGiii Comment
Brandauer plays a slithery creep....grabbing the attentions of both mother and son.
After a while, the kid gets right on your tits...like a licentious leech.
It's all very subdued and well-mannered - a little too subdued to make a lasting impression.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Klaus Maria Brandauer as The Baron Alexander von Hauenstein;
Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Sonya Tuchman;
David Eberts as Edmund Tuchman;
Ian Richardson as Mr. Tuchman;
John Nettleton as Doctor Weiss;
Martin Obernigg as Concierge;
Václav Stekl as Assistant Concierge;
Vladimír Pospísill as Hotel Manager;
Karel Karas-Kratochvil as Doorman;
Ivo Niederle as Sanatorium Manager;
Jarmila Derkova as Frau Isambard;
Josef Kubícekas Station Master;
Veronika Jeníková as Kissing Woman;
Roman Hajek as Kissing Man;
Raoul Schránil as Hotel Guest