# The Secret Lie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Secret_Lie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Secret_Lie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Lie > Source revision: 1343475320 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1938 film The Secret Lie Directed by Nunzio Malasomma Written by Philipp Lothar Mayring Hadrian Maria Netto (play) Harald G. Petersson Produced by Ottmar Ostermayr Starring Pola Negri Hermann Braun Herbert Hübner Cinematography Karl Hasselmann Edited by Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz Music by Franz Grothe Production company Terra Film Distributed by Terra Film Release date 25 March 1938 (1938-03-25) Running time 80 minutes Country Nazi Germany Language German ***The Secret Lie*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Die fromme Lüge***) is a 1938 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Nunzio Malasomma](/source/Nunzio_Malasomma) and starring [Pola Negri](/source/Pola_Negri), [Hermann Braun](/source/Hermann_Braun), and [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner).[1] The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Carl Böhm](/source/Carl_B%C3%B6hm_(art_director)) and [Erich Czerwonski](/source/Erich_Czerwonski). ## Cast - [Pola Negri](/source/Pola_Negri) as Carmen Casini - [Hermann Braun](/source/Hermann_Braun) as Cecil Lasko - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Bartell - [Harald Paulsen](/source/Harald_Paulsen) as Smith - [Josefine Dora](/source/Josefine_Dora) as Theres - [Suse Graf](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suse_Graf&action=edit&redlink=1) as Colette - [Hansi Arnstaedt](/source/Hansi_Arnstaedt) as Mrs. Latour - [Hans Leibelt](/source/Hans_Leibelt) as Sam Milbrey - [Jupp Hussels](/source/Jupp_Hussels) as Rennbahnreporter - [Walter Gross](/source/Walter_Gross_(actor)) as Rundfunkreporter - [Ernst Legal](/source/Ernst_Legal) as Bankdirektor, Finanzberater Carmens - [S.O. Schoening](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S.O._Schoening&action=edit&redlink=1) as Doktor, Spieler am Pokertisch - [Lotte Spira](/source/Lotte_Spira) as Darsteller - [Leo Peukert](/source/Leo_Peukert) as Opernhausdirektor - [Günther Ballier](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Ballier) as Fetscherin, Hans - [Jens von Hagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jens_von_Hagen&action=edit&redlink=1) as Spieler am Pokertisch - [Karl Hannemann](/source/Karl_Hannemann) as Portier im Konzertsaal - [William Huch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Huch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Konzertsaaldiener - [Ingolf Kuntze](/source/Ingolf_Kuntze) as Herr Professor - [Karl Platen](/source/Karl_Platen) as Konzertsaaldiener - [Klaus Pohl](/source/Klaus_Pohl_(actor)) as Bildberichterstatter - [Oscar Sabo](/source/Oscar_Sabo) as Polizist - [Ernst Albert Schaach](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernst_Albert_Schaach&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bildberichterstatter - [Liselotte Schaak](/source/Liselotte_Schaak) as Krankenschwester - [Heinrich Schroth](/source/Heinrich_Schroth) as Chefarzt - [Erika Streithorst](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erika_Streithorst&action=edit&redlink=1) as Angestellte an der Hotelrezeption ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKotowski217_1-0)** [Kotowski](#CITEREFKotowski), p. 217. ## Bibliography - Kotowski, Mariusz (2014). *Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale*. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8131-4489-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-4489-4). ## External links - [*The Secret Lie*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236241/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Mister Radio (1924) One Minute to Twelve (1925) The King and the Girl (1925) One Against All (1927) Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928) The Call of the North (1929) The Son of the White Mountain (1930) The Man with the Claw (1931) The Opera Singer (1932) The Telephone Operator (1932) The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) I Don't Know You Anymore (1936) Lohengrin (1936) Red Orchids (1938) The Night of Decision (1938) The Secret Lie (1938) Woman Without a Past (1939) Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940) Scampolo (1941) Torrents of Spring (1942) Two Suffer Better Than One (1943) The White Devil (1947) The Devil in the Convent (1950) Four Red Roses (1951) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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