Burning Secret (1988)

5.9/10 • 106 min • Drama

Overview

While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.

Cast

Faye Dunaway

Sonya

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Baron

Ian Richardson

Edmund's Father

John Nettleton

Doctor Weiss

Ivo Niederle

Sanatorium Manager

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