Burning Secret is a 1988 drama film

Drama film

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, based on the short story Brennendes Geheimnis by Stefan Zweig

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, about an American diplomat

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's son who befriends a mysterious baron while staying at an Austria

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n spa during the 1920s. The film was written and directed by Andrew Birkin, and stars Klaus Maria Brandauer

Klaus Maria Brandauer

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, Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

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, and David Eberts. The film won the Young Jury Prize at the Brussels Film Festival in 1989, and David Eberts won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in the same year.

Lions Gate Home Entertainment has yet to release the film onto DVD, as of July 10, 2010.