The Secret Lie
{{short description|1938 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Secret Lie
| image = The Secret Lie.jpg
| caption =
| director = Nunzio Malasomma
| producer = Ottmar Ostermayr
| writer = {{ubl|Philipp Lothar Mayring|Hadrian Maria Netto (play)|Harald G. Petersson}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Pola Negri|Hermann Braun|Herbert Hübner}}
| music = Franz Grothe
| cinematography = Karl Hasselmann
| editing = Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
| studio = Terra Film
| distributor = Terra Film
| released = {{film date|1938|3|25|df=y}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Nazi Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Secret Lie ({{langx|de|Die fromme Lüge}}) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Pola Negri, Hermann Braun, and Herbert Hübner.{{sfn|Kotowski|p=217}}
The film's sets were designed by the art directors {{ill|Carl Böhm (art director)|de|3=Carl Böhm (Filmarchitekt)|lt=Carl Böhm}} and Erich Czerwonski.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Pola Negri as Carmen Casini
- Hermann Braun as Cecil Lasko
- Herbert Hübner as Bartell
- Harald Paulsen as Smith
- Josefine Dora as Theres
- Suse Graf as Colette
- Hansi Arnstaedt as Mrs. Latour
- Hans Leibelt as Sam Milbrey
- Jupp Hussels as Rennbahnreporter
- Walter Gross as Rundfunkreporter
- Ernst Legal as Bankdirektor, Finanzberater Carmens
- S.O. Schoening as Doktor, Spieler am Pokertisch
- Lotte Spira as Darsteller
- Leo Peukert as Opernhausdirektor
- Günther Ballier as Fetscherin, Hans
- Jens von Hagen as Spieler am Pokertisch
- Karl Hannemann as Portier im Konzertsaal
- William Huch as Konzertsaaldiener
- Ingolf Kuntze as Herr Professor
- Karl Platen as Konzertsaaldiener
- Klaus Pohl as Bildberichterstatter
- Oscar Sabo as Polizist
- Ernst Albert Schaach as Bildberichterstatter
- Liselotte Schaak as Krankenschwester
- Heinrich Schroth as Chefarzt
- Erika Streithorst as Angestellte an der Hotelrezeption
}}
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Kotowski}} | first = Mariusz | last = Kotowski | title = Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | location = Lexington | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0-8131-4489-4 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0236241}}
{{Nunzio Malasomma}}
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Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Franz Grothe
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