Die fromme Lüge - 1938

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.”

80min
1938
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating7.8/10

Cast

Pola Negri profile picturePola NegriCarmen Casini
Hans Leibelt profile pictureHans LeibeltSam Milbrey
Walter Gross profile pictureWalter GrossRundfunkreporter
Leo Peukert profile pictureLeo PeukertOpernhausdirektor
Liselotte Schaak profile pictureLiselotte SchaakKrankenschwester

About Die fromme Lüge

Die fromme Lüge Overview

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.”

Runtime: 80min

Extra details

Original Title: Die fromme Lüge
Original Language: German
Directed By: Nunzio Malasomma
Production Companies
Terra-Filmkunst