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Burning Secret

"To capture the mother's heart, take the child's hand."

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PG 1988 · 1h 46m
Drama
Starring Faye Dunaway · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Ian Richardson
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While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.

Theatrical
Dec 23, 1988
Director
Andrew Birkin
Writer
Andrew Birkin
Producers
Robert Arnold, Norma Heyman, William J. Quigley
Music
Hans Zimmer
Studio
B.A. Filmproduktion, Vestron Pictures, BR, C.L.G. Films, NFH Films
Keywords
jealousy austria spa infatuation based on short story american diplomat 1920s
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F
Faye Dunaway
Sonya
K
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Baron
I
Ian Richardson
Edmund's Father
J
John Nettleton
Doctor Weiss
M
Martin Obernigg
Concierge
V
Václav Štekl
Assistant Concierge
V
Vladimír Pospíšil
Hotel Manager
I
Ivo Niederle
Sanatorium Manager

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