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Original Title: Verwehte Spuren

1938
1h 21m
Drama
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1938

Runtime

1h 21m

Storyline

Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 21m
Aug 25, 1938
Languages
German
Director
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Production
Majestic-Film GmbH
Majestic-Film GmbH
Production Countries
Germany

Top Cast

41 Cast Members

Kristina Söderbaum

Kristina Söderbaum

Séraphine Lawrence

Philip Dorn

Philip Dorn

Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot

Heinrich Schroth

Heinrich Schroth

Graf Duval

Paul Dahlke

Paul Dahlke

Journalist Henri Poquet

Elisabeth Botz

Pensionswirtin Madame Chaumette

Paul Bildt

Paul Bildt

Attaché an der englischen Botschaft

Edith Meinhard

Edith Meinhard

Jeanette

Leo Peukert

Leo Peukert

Dubois

Charlotte Schultz

Madeleine Lawrence, Seraphines Mutter

Friedrich Kayssler

Friedrich Kayssler

Polizeipräfekt von Paris

Hans Halden

Polizeikommissar Fragonard

Leo Peukert

Leo Peukert

Polizeisekretär Dubois

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Hotelier Dompierre

Josef Sieber

Josef Sieber

Hausdiener Maurice

Clemens Hasse

Clemens Hasse

Hausdiener Gaston

Klaus Detlef Sierck

Page Armand

Ernst Rotmund

Nachtportier

Max Wilmsen

Tagesportier

Edith Meinhard

Edith Meinhard

Stubenmädchen Jeannette

Milena von Eckardt

Maurices Freundin Colette

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