Drama · United Kingdom · 1988 · 1h 46m

Burning Secret

Director

Cast

David Eberts as Edmund Faye Dunaway as Sonya Klaus Maria Brandauer as Baron Ian Richardson as Edmund's Father John Nettleton as Doctor Weiss Martin Obernigg as Concierge

Crew

Ernest Day — Director of Photography Paul Green — Editor Hans Zimmer — Original Music Composer Andrew Birkin — Screenplay Stefan Zweig — Novel Norma Heyman — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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