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The Sacred Flame (1931)

The Sacred Flame poster
Original title
Die heilige Flamme
Directed by
William Dieterle, Berthold Viertel
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A war veteran returns home to his wife and brother after being paralyzed. The situation creates tension and secrets among the family members.

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What happens

The Sacred Flame (German: Die heilige Flamme) is a lost 1931 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and Berthold Viertel and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language remake of the studio's 1929 film The Sacred Flame. It is based upon the 1928 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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