The Secret Lie

{{short description|1938 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Secret Lie | image = The Secret Lie.jpg | caption = | director = [[Nunzio Malasomma]] | producer = [[Ottmar Ostermayr]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Philipp Lothar Mayring]]|[[Hadrian Maria Netto]] (play)|[[Harald G. Petersson]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Pola Negri]]|[[Hermann Braun]]|[[Herbert Hübner]]}} | music = [[Franz Grothe]] | cinematography = [[Karl Hasselmann]] | editing = [[Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz]] | studio = [[Terra Film]] | distributor = Terra Film | released = {{film date|1938|3|25|df=y}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Nazi Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Secret Lie''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die fromme Lüge'''}}) is a 1938 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Nunzio Malasomma]] and starring [[Pola Negri]], [[Hermann Braun]], and [[Herbert Hübner]].{{sfn|Kotowski|p=217}} The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Carl Böhm (art director)|Carl Böhm]] and [[Erich Czerwonski]].

==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Pola Negri]] as Carmen Casini * [[Hermann Braun]] as Cecil Lasko * [[Herbert Hübner]] as Bartell * [[Harald Paulsen]] as Smith * [[Josefine Dora]] as Theres * [[Suse Graf]] as Colette * [[Hansi Arnstaedt]] as Mrs. Latour * [[Hans Leibelt]] as Sam Milbrey * [[Jupp Hussels]] as Rennbahnreporter * [[Walter Gross (actor)|Walter Gross]] as Rundfunkreporter * [[Ernst Legal]] as Bankdirektor, Finanzberater Carmens * [[S.O. Schoening]] as Doktor, Spieler am Pokertisch * [[Lotte Spira]] as Darsteller * [[Leo Peukert]] as Opernhausdirektor * [[Günther Ballier]] as Fetscherin, Hans * [[Jens von Hagen]] as Spieler am Pokertisch * [[Karl Hannemann]] as Portier im Konzertsaal * [[William Huch]] as Konzertsaaldiener * [[Ingolf Kuntze]] as Herr Professor * [[Karl Platen]] as Konzertsaaldiener * [[Klaus Pohl (actor)|Klaus Pohl]] as Bildberichterstatter * [[Oscar Sabo]] as Polizist * [[Ernst Albert Schaach]] as Bildberichterstatter * [[Liselotte Schaak]] as Krankenschwester * [[Heinrich Schroth]] as Chefarzt * [[Erika Streithorst]] as Angestellte an der Hotelrezeption }}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Kotowski}} | first = Mariusz | last = Kotowski | title = Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | location = Lexington | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0-8131-4489-4 }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0236241}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Secret Lie}} [[Category:1938 films]] [[Category:1938 drama films]] [[Category:German drama films]] [[Category:Films of Nazi Germany]] [[Category:1938 German-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma]] [[Category:Terra Film films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:1938 German films]] [[Category:Films scored by Franz Grothe]] [[Category:German-language drama films]]