Titre allemand : Brennendes Geheimnis Titre espagnol : Secreto en llamas Titre grec : Αβάσταχτο μυστικό Titre russe : Жгучая тайна Titre original : Brennendes Geheimnis
Melodrame – RFA, Royaume-Uni Année de production : 1987 Durée du film : 111 minutes
Réalisateur : Andrew Birkin Livre : Andrew Birkin, Stefan Zweig Caméra : Ernest Day Musique : Hans Zimmer
Description du film :
This symbol-filled story, filmed with sensuous detail and nuance, is set in Austria in the 1920s. While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat’s lonely 12-year-old son Edmund is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war experiences, the baron reveals the scar of a wound from an American soldier and thrusts a pin through it, saying »see – no feeling«. Little does the boy realize that it is his turn to be wounded. But soon his adored friend heartlessly brushes him aside and turns his seductive attentions to his mother. The boy’s jealousy and feelings of betrayal become uncontrollable.