Faded Melody

Faded Melody

98 mins | Drama | Feb. 25, 1938

After an emergency plane landing in the desert, the actress Barbara gets to know the industrialist Thomas. After they are rescued, the two live at Thomas' place in Berlin. Although she confesses her love for him, Thomas asks his brother Werner to look after Barbara, as he feels he is too consumed by work and doesn't wish to be bound to anyone. Only after a fight with his brother does Thomas realize how much in love with Barbara he really is; but by that time, she has left him. For years, Thomas searches in vain for her until one day he meets her in New York ... where she is now married.

Faded Melody

98 mins | Drama | Feb. 25, 1938

Faded Melody
After an emergency plane landing in the desert, the actress Barbara gets to know the industrialist Thomas. After they are rescued, the two live at Thomas' place in Berlin. Although she confesses her love for him, Thomas asks his brother Werner to look after Barbara, as he feels he is too consumed by work and doesn't wish to be bound to anyone. Only after a fight with his brother does Thomas realize how much in love with Barbara he really is; but by that time, she has left him. For years, Thomas searches in vain for her until one day he meets her in New York ... where she is now married.
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Verklungene Melodie
Directors Viktor Tourjansky
Writers Emil Burri

Cast

Brigitte Horney

as Barbara Lorenz

Willy Birgel

as Thomas Gront

Carl Raddatz

as Werner Gront

Vera von Langen

as Olga, Thomas' Freundin

Hans Brausewetter

as Steffken

Erich Fiedler

as Freddy

Karl Platen

as Karl, Diener

Andrews Engelmann

as Casiez

Bill Bocket

as Léon

Bayume Mohamed Husen

as Ein Zeitungsverkäufer in New York