The Sacred Flame
Directed by
Written by
Based onThe Sacred Flame by Somerset Maugham
Produced byHenry Blanke
Starring
CinematographyFrank Kesson
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche First National Pictures
Release date
May 5, 1931
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageGerman

The Sacred Flame (German: Die heilige Flamme) is a lost 1931 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and Berthold Viertel and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language remake of the studio's 1929 film The Sacred Flame.[1][2] It is based upon the 1928 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham.

Synopsis

After newly married Stella's husband is badly injured in a plane crash, causing him to lose the use of his legs, she becomes emotionally involved with his brother.

Reception

Rudolf Arnheim said "It is incomprehensible how such a film can be launched in a large cinema, rather than being chastely hidden away from the eyes of any kind of criticism."[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Waldman, Harry (2000). "Germany". Missing reels : lost films of American and European cinema. Jefferson, NC [u.a.]: McFarland. p. 83. ISBN 0-7864-0724-7.
  2. ^ Waldman, Harry; Slide, Anthony (1996). Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995. Scarecrow Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780810831926.
  3. ^ Arnheim, Rudolf; translated by Benthien, Brenda (1997). Film essays and criticism. Madison: Wis. pp. 164–165. ISBN 0299152642.

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Films directed by William Dieterle
Films directed by Berthold Viertel
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