Die fromme Lüge

1h 20min

Drama

The stand-alone opera singer Carmen Casini dare not admit to her adult son, the spoiled race car driver Cecil, that she ruined her voice on a stormy day at the racetrack and that her career is thus at an end. Meanwhile, Cecil has fallen in love with the pretty Colette … without suspecting that her father, the wealthy Bartell, was a former lover of his mother and that he’s Cecil’s daddy. Thus, both Carmen and Bartell try to prevent the unfolding love-relationship between brother and sister, because this ain’t the Ozarks, you know! Only after the unhappy Cecil tries to commit suicide after an argument with his mother do Carmen and Bartell realize they still love one another. Suicide attempt be damned; let’s go out on a date! A movie that screams “Fun for the whole family.”

Cast

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Carmen Casini
Hermann Braun

Hermann Braun

Cecil Lasko
Suse Graf

Suse Graf

Colette
Hans Leibelt

Hans Leibelt

Sam Milbrey
Jupp Hussels

Jupp Hussels

Rennbahnreporter
Walter Gross

Walter Gross

Rundfunkreporter
Leo Peukert

Leo Peukert

Opernhausdirektor
Liselotte Schaak

Liselotte Schaak

Krankenschwester

Release date

25th Mar 1938

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch