The Secret Lie

The Secret Lie
Directed by	Nunzio Malasomma
Written by	Philipp Lothar Mayring Hadrian Maria Netto (play) Harald G. Petersson
Produced by	Ottmar Ostermayr
Starring	Pola Negri Hermann Braun Herbert Hübner
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	25 March 1938 (1938-03-25)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

The Secret Lie (German: Die fromme Lüge) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Pola Negri, Hermann Braun, and Herbert Hübner.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Böhm [de] and Erich Czerwonski.

Cast

• 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

1. Kotowski, p. 217.

Bibliography

• Kotowski, Mariusz (2014). Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4489-4.

External links

• The Secret Lie at IMDb