Covered Tracks

Covered Tracks (German: Verwehte Spuren) is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn and Charlotte Schultz.[1]

Covered Tracks
Directed byVeit Harlan
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music byHans-Otto Borgmann
CinematographyBruno Mondi
Edited byMarianne Behr
Production
company
Majestic-Film
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 26 August 1938 (1938-08-26)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Cast
  • Kristina Söderbaum as Séraphine Lawrence
  • Philip Dorn as Dr. Fernand Morot
  • Charlotte Schultz as Madeleine Lawrence - Séraphines Mutter
  • Friedrich Kayßler as Polizeipräfekt von Paris
  • Paul Dahlke as Henry Poquet - Boulevardschriftsteller
  • Heinrich Schroth as Graf Duval - Präsident des Weltaussstellungskomitees
  • Hans Halden as Fragonard - Polizeikommissar
  • Josef Sieber as Maurice - Hausdiener
  • Leo Peukert as Dubois - Polizeisekretär
  • Edith Meinhard as Jeanette - Stubenmädchen
  • Milena von Eckhardt as Colette - Maurices Freundin
  • Clemens Hasse as Gaston - Hausdiener
  • Ernst Rotmund as Nachtportier
  • Paul Bildt as Attaché an der englischen Botschaft
  • Valy Arnheim as Chefredakteur des 'Figaro'
  • Hans Stiebner as Pigeon - Druckereibesitzer
  • Klaus Detlef Sierck as Armand - Hotelpage
  • Jakob Tiedtke as Dompierre - Hotelier
  • Max Wilmsen as Tagesportier
  • Hermann Wagner as Gustave - Musikstudent
  • Hildegard Imhof as Mme. Printemps
  • Elis. Botz as Mme. Chaumette
  • Hans Hemes as Sekretär an der englischen Botschaft
  • Hilla Höfer as Sekretärin Poquets
  • Heinz Appel
  • Georg Völkel as Colettes Tänzer beim Hausball
  • Heinrich Dugall as Malerlehrling
  • Charles Willy Kayser as Pariser Hotelportier
  • Gerti Ober as Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. Morot
  • Bruno Klockmann as Patient bei Dr. Morot
  • Hansjakob Gröblinghoff as Page im Hotel De la Russie
  • Ewald Wenck
  • Heinrich Vogt as Ballhausdirektor

Plot summary

A young woman named Séraphine checks into a Parisian hotel with her ailing mother. When she comes back to the hotel with her mother's medication, she finds their room vacant and none of the staff remembers ever seeing her or her mother checking into the hotel. Séraphine then embarks on quest to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance and prove her own sanity.

See also

References
  1. Heins, p. 209

Bibliography
  • Heins, Laura Julia (2013). Nazi Film Melodrama. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09502-3.


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