1938 film
Covered Tracks German : Verwehte Spuren historical drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum , Philip Dorn , and Charlotte Schultz . It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin 's Halensee and the Bavaria Studios in Munich with location shooting taking place in both cities as well as in Paris .[ 2] art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm . It premiered at the Venice Film Festival .[ 3]
Plot summary
A young woman named Séraphine checks her ailing mother into a Parisian hotel , having arrived to attend the 1867 International Exposition . When she comes back to the hotel with her mother's medication, she finds her room vacant and none of the staff remembers ever seeing her or her mother checking into the hotel. Séraphine then embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance and prove her own sanity.
Cast
Kristina Söderbaum as Séraphine LawrencePhilip Dorn as Dr. Fernand MorotCharlotte Schultz as Madeleine Lawrence, Séraphines MutterFriedrich Kayßler as Polizeipräfekt von ParisPaul Dahlke as Henry Poquet, BoulevardschriftstellerHeinrich Schroth as Graf Duval, Präsident des WeltaussstellungskomiteesHans Halden as Fragonard, PolizeikommissarJosef Sieber as Maurice, HausdienerLeo Peukert as Dubois, PolizeisekretärEdith Meinhard as Jeanette, StubenmädchenMilena von Eckhardt as Colette, Maurices FreundinClemens Hasse as Gaston, HausdienerErnst Rotmund as NachtportierPaul Bildt as Attaché an der englischen BotschaftValy Arnheim as Chefredakteur des 'Figaro'Hans Stiebner as Pigeon, DruckereibesitzerKlaus Detlef Sierck as Armand, HotelpageJakob Tiedtke as Dompierre, HotelierMax Wilmsen as TagesportierHermann Wagner as Gustave, MusikstudentHildegard Imhof as Mme. PrintempsElis. Botz as Mme. ChaumetteHans Hemes as Sekretär an der englischen BotschaftHilla Höfer as Sekretärin PoquetsHeinz Appel Georg Völkel as Colettes Tänzer beim HausballHeinrich Dugall as MalerlehrlingCharles Willy Kayser as Pariser HotelportierGerti Ober as Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. MorotBruno Klockmann as Patient bei Dr. MorotHansjakob Gröblinghoff as Page im Hotel De la RussieEwald Wenck Heinrich Vogt as Ballhausdirektor
See also
References
^ Schiweck & Toonen p.144
^ Schiweck & Toonen p.144
Bibliography
Heins, Laura Julia (2013). Nazi Film Melodrama . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09502-3 Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker . University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
Schiweck, Ingo & Toonen, Hans. Maharadscha, Tschetnik, Kriegsheimkehrer: der Schauspieler Frits van Dongen oder Philip Dorn . Der Andere Verlag, 2003.
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