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1988

Burning Secret

Directed by Andrew Birkin
To capture the mother's heart, take the child's hand.

While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.

Duration

1h 46m

Released

December 23, 1988

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Cast10

  • David Eberts
  • Faye Dunaway
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer
  • Ian Richardson
  • John Nettleton
  • Martin Obernigg
  • Václav Štekl
  • Vladimír Pospíšil
  • Karel Karas

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