Covered Tracks

Covered Tracks

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Aug. 25, 1938

Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).

Covered Tracks

81 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Aug. 25, 1938

Covered Tracks
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Majestic-Film GmbH
Original title Verwehte Spuren
Directors Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Schleif
Writers Hans Rothe, Veit Harlan, Felix Lützkendorf, Thea von Harbou

Cast

Kristina Söderbaum

as Séraphine Lawrence

Philip Dorn

as Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot

Heinrich Schroth

as Graf Duval

Paul Dahlke

as Journalist Henri Poquet

Elisabeth Botz

as Pensionswirtin Madame Chaumette

Paul Bildt

as Attaché an der englischen Botschaft

Edith Meinhard

as Jeanette / Stubenmädchen Jeannette

Leo Peukert

as Dubois / Polizeisekretär Dubois

Charlotte Schultz

as Madeleine Lawrence, Seraphines Mutter

Friedrich Kayssler

as Polizeipräfekt von Paris

Hans Halden

as Polizeikommissar Fragonard

Jakob Tiedtke

as Hotelier Dompierre

Josef Sieber

as Hausdiener Maurice

Clemens Hasse

as Hausdiener Gaston

Klaus Detlef Sierck

as Page Armand

Ernst Rotmund

as Nachtportier

Max Wilmsen

as Tagesportier

Milena von Eckardt

as Maurices Freundin Colette

Hermann Wagner

as Musikstudent Gustave

Hildegard Imhoff

as Madame Printemps

Hans Stiebner

as Druckereibesitzer Pigeon

Valy Arnheim

as Chefredakteur des "Figaro"

Hans Hemes

as Sekretär an der englischen Botschaft

Heinrich Vogt

as Ballhausdirektor

Lyda Soe

as Tänzerin

Hilla Höfer

as Sekretärin Poquets

Georg Völkel

as Colettes Tänzer beim Hausball

Charles Willy Kayser

as Pariser Hotelportier

Gerti Ober

as Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. Morot

Heiner Dugal

as Malerlehrling

Hansjakob Gröblinghoff

as Page im Hotel de la Russie

Bruno Mockmann

as Patient bei Dr. Morot

Carl-August Dennert

as 1. Gast im Ballhaus

Fritz Draeger

as 2. Gast im Ballhaus

Hedwig Wangel

as Ältere Dame im Cafégarten

Erwin Biegel

as Pariser Kutscher

Alfred Karen

as Uniformierter Würdenträger in der Loge des Polizeipräfekten

Bayume Mohamed Husen

as Junger Schwarzer beim Korsoumzug