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The Burning Secret (Original title)Brennendes Geheimnis (Alternative title)
Date: 14 April 1989 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Andrew Birkin

Synopsis: Mother and her asthmatic 12-year old son who visit a sanatorium. While there the mother becomes involved with a war veteran, but their affair is continually interrupted by her son.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (58)
Production Company: NFH Productions, Production Company: CLG Films, Production Company: B.A. Produktion, Executive Producer: William J. Quigley, Executive Producer: M.J. Peckos, Producer: Norma Heyman, Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf, Producer: Carol Lynn Greene, Vestron supervising producer: Ron Carr, Unit manager: Stefan Scholtissek, Unit manager: Jan Bílek, Jana Tomsová, Production Manager: Wolfram Kohtz, Production Manager: Jan Kadlec, Production Manager: Tomas Gabriss, Production Assistant: René Korenár, Production Assistant: Monika Semeradova, Production Assistant: Jordan Balurov, Assistant Director: Vladimír Michálek, Assistant Director: Kurt von Vietinghoff, Assistant Director: Sona Tichácková, Assistant Director: Alena Zankova, Casting: Bridget Gilbert, Casting: Miroslav Vostiar, Casting: Mary Selway, Script: Andrew Birkin, Original short story: Stefan Zweig, Photography: Ernest Day, Camera Operator: Chic Anstiss, Editor: Paul Green, Production Designer: Bernd Lepel, Art Director: Karel Vacek, Costume Designer: Barbara Baum, Costume Designer: Monika Jacobs, Wardrobe master: Georg Kuhn, Wardrobe mistress: Marianne Schulz, Wardrobe mistress: Eva Martincová, Eva Studecka, Make-up: Josef Lojík, Make-up: Milan Vlcek, Makeup for Ms. Dunaway: Gerlinde Kunz, Makeup for Mr. Brandauer: Heidemarie Klein, Makeup for Mr. Eberts: Jane Carvell, Titles: General Screen Enterprises, Music: Hans Zimmer, Musician (solo pan pipes): Richard Harvey, Music Recording: Al Clay, Music Recording: Snake Ranch (London), Sound Recording: Chris Price, Sound Re-recording: Dean Humphreys, Sound Re-recording: Jonathan Frankel, Sound Editor: Ron Davis, Footsteps editor: Bob Robinson, Austrian dialect consultant: Martin Obernigg, German dialogue supervisor: Louis Elman, Annamaria Kolarova, Special consultant: Ortwin Freyermuth
Cast (26)
David Eberts (Edmund Tuchman), Faye Dunaway (Sonya Tuchman), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Baron Alexander Maria von Hauenschild), Ian Richardson (father), John Nettleton (Dr. Weiss), Martin Obernigg (concierge), Vaclav Stekl (assistant concierge), Vladimír Pospísil (hotel manager), Karel Karas-Kratochvil (doorman), Ivo Niederle (sanatorium), Jarmila Derkova (Frau Isambard), Josef Kubicek (station master), Veronika Jeníková (woman (kissing couple)), Roman Hajek (man (kissing couple)), Raul Schránil, Karel Peyr, Nelly Gajerová, Vaclav Peska, Bela Jurdova, Vlasta Sedova, Jan Laibl, Hugo Kaminsky, Hana Packertová, Vladimir Matejcek (hotel guest), V. Kalendova (Tuchman maid), Rebecca Wright (hotel maid)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (7)
In: Sight and Sound v1 n11 March 1992  Page: 62
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n11 March 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: Films and Filming n414 April 1989  Page: 30,31
Title: [Films and Filming - n414 April 1989: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v56 n663 April 1989  Pages: 106-107
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v56 n663 April 1989: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n1 Jun/Jul 1989  Page: 92
Title: Empire directoryAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: The Listener v121 n3109 13 Apr 1989  Page: 33
Title: [The Listener - v121 n3109 13 Apr 1989: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n700 15 Apr 1989  Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n700 15 Apr 1989: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v304 n41 26 Oct 1988  Page: 4,20
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v304 n41 26 Oct 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English