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Die heilige Flamme
director: Wilhelm Dieterle, Berthold Viertel
years: 1930/ 1931 country: USA Just after getting married to Stella, the young officer Robert has an accident in a plane, and is so seriously injured that he has to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. His mother keeps the hopelessness of his situation a secret from him. Years later Stella meets Robert’s brother Walter, and the two healthy young people fall in love. Robert’s mother finds out about the affair, and comes to the conviction that she must tell Robert the truth and ask him to free Stella from the marriage. That night, however, Robert dies. At first, Walter is suspected of having murdered his brother, but it turns out that the mother has poisoned her son to save him from finding out about his wife's infidelity. Translated from: filmportal.de Screenplay: Berthold Viertel, Heinrich Fraenkel; based on the stage play 'The Sacred Flame' by W. Somerset Maugham.
Director of Photography: Frank Kesson. Editing: Edward Schroeder. Sound: Edward Schroeder. Cast: Gustav Fröhlich (Walter, Mrs. Taylor's son), Charlotte Hagenbruch (Sister Weyland), Hubert von Meyerinck (the clergyman), Dita Parlo (Stella), Anton Pointner (Major Liconda), Wladimir Sokoloff (Dr. Harvester, a doctor), Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Robert, Mrs. Taylor's son), Salka Viertel (Mrs. Taylor). Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., Burbank/New York, for Deutsche First National Pictures GmbH (Defina), Berlin. Producer: Heinz Blanke. Length: 86 minutes, 2358 m. Format: 35 mm, 1:1.33. Picture/Sound: b/w, Vitaphone. Censorship Details: 8 April 1931, B.28655, ban for young people. Première: 4 May 1931, Berlin (Capitol); 13 April 1931 Berlin (Marmorhaus). Notes: German version of 'The Sacred Flame' (USA, 1929, dir. Archie L. Mayo). |
  
                           
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