Covered Tracks

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| name = Covered Tracks

| image =Covered Tracks.jpg

| caption =

| director = Veit Harlan

| producer = {{ubl|Helmut Eweler|Franz Tappers}}

| writer = {{ubl|Veit Harlan|Felix Lützkendorf|Hans Rothe|Thea von Harbou}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Kristina Söderbaum|Philip Dorn|Charlotte Schultz}}

| music = Hans-Otto Borgmann

| cinematography = Bruno Mondi

| editing = Marianne Behr

| studio = Majestic-Film

| distributor = Tobis Film

| released = {{film date|1938|8|26|df=y}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Covered Tracks ({{langx|de|Verwehte Spuren}}) is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, and Charlotte Schultz.{{sfn|Heins|p=209}} 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.Schiweck & Toonen p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival.Schiweck & Toonen p.144

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

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Kristina Söderbaum as Séraphine Lawrence
Philip Dorn as Dr. Fernand Morot
Charlotte Schultz as Madeleine Lawrence, Séraphines Mutter
Friedrich Kayßler as Polizeipräfekt von Paris
Paul Dahlke as Henry Poquet, Boulevardschriftsteller
Heinrich Schroth as Graf Duval, Präsident des Weltaussstellungskomitees
Hans Halden as Fragonard, Polizeikommissar
Josef Sieber as Maurice, Hausdiener
Leo Peukert as Dubois, Polizeisekretär
Edith Meinhard as Jeanette, Stubenmädchen
Milena von Eckhardt as Colette, Maurices Freundin
Clemens Hasse as Gaston, Hausdiener
Ernst Rotmund as Nachtportier
Paul Bildt as Attaché an der englischen Botschaft
Valy Arnheim as Chefredakteur des 'Figaro'
Hans Stiebner as Pigeon, Druckereibesitzer
Klaus Detlef Sierck as Armand, Hotelpage
Jakob Tiedtke as Dompierre, Hotelier
Max Wilmsen as Tagesportier
Hermann Wagner as Gustave, Musikstudent
Hildegard Imhof as Mme. Printemps
Elis. Botz as Mme. Chaumette
Hans Hemes as Sekretär an der englischen Botschaft
Hilla Höfer as Sekretärin Poquets
Heinz Appel
Georg Völkel as Colettes Tänzer beim Hausball
Heinrich Dugall as Malerlehrling
Charles Willy Kayser as Pariser Hotelportier
Gerti Ober as Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. Morot
Bruno Klockmann as Patient bei Dr. Morot
Hansjakob Gröblinghoff as Page im Hotel De la Russie
Ewald Wenck
Heinrich Vogt as Ballhausdirektor

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References

Bibliography

{{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Heins}} | first = Laura Julia | last = Heins | title = Nazi Film Melodrama | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 2013 | location = Urbana | 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.