Covered Tracks (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).
Director:
Veit Harlan
Writers:
Thea von Harbou, Felix Lützkendorf, Veit Harlan.
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Kristina Söderbaum as Séraphine Lawrence |
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Philip Dorn as Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot |
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Heinrich Schroth as Graf Duval |
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Paul Dahlke as Journalist Henri Poquet |
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Elisabeth Botz as Pensionswirtin Madame Chaumette |
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Paul Bildt as Attaché an der englischen Botschaft |
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Edith Meinhard as Jeanette |
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Leo Peukert as Dubois |
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Charlotte Schultz as Madeleine Lawrence, Seraphines Mutter |
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Friedrich Kayssler as Polizeipräfekt von Paris |
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Hans Halden as Polizeikommissar Fragonard |
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Leo Peukert as Polizeisekretär Dubois |
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Jakob Tiedtke as Hotelier Dompierre |
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Josef Sieber as Hausdiener Maurice |
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Clemens Hasse as Hausdiener Gaston |
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Klaus Detlef Sierck as Page Armand |
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Ernst Rotmund as Nachtportier |
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Max Wilmsen as Tagesportier |
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Edith Meinhard as Stubenmädchen Jeannette |
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Milena von Eckardt as Maurices Freundin Colette |
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Hermann Wagner as Musikstudent Gustave |
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Hildegard Imhoff as Madame Printemps |
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Hans Stiebner as Druckereibesitzer Pigeon |
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Valy Arnheim as Chefredakteur des "Figaro" |
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Hans Hemes as Sekretär an der englischen Botschaft |
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Heinrich Vogt as Ballhausdirektor |
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Lyda Soe as Tänzerin |
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Hilla Höfer as Sekretärin Poquets |
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Georg Völkel as Colettes Tänzer beim Hausball |
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Charles Willy Kayser as Pariser Hotelportier |
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Gerti Ober as Empfangsmädchen bei Dr. Morot |
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Heiner Dugal as Malerlehrling |
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Hansjakob Gröblinghoff as Page im Hotel de la Russie |
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Bruno Mockmann as Patient bei Dr. Morot |
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Carl-August Dennert as 1. Gast im Ballhaus |
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Fritz Draeger as 2. Gast im Ballhaus |
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Hedwig Wangel as Ältere Dame im Cafégarten |
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Erwin Biegel as Pariser Kutscher |
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Alfred Karen as Uniformierter Würdenträger in der Loge des Polizeipräfekten |
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Bayume Mohamed Husen as Junger Schwarzer beim Korsoumzug |
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Heinz Appel as |
| Directing | Veit Harlan | Director |
| Production | Franz Tappers | Producer |
| Production | Helmut Eweler | Producer |
| Production | Bruno Lopinski | Production Manager |
| Production | Paul Goergens | Location Manager |
| Production | Kurt Heinz | Location Manager |
| Directing | Wolfgang Schleif | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Screenplay |
| Writing | Felix Lützkendorf | Screenplay |
| Writing | Veit Harlan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hans Rothe | Original Story |
| Camera | Bruno Mondi | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Erich Grohmann | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Erich Kilian | Still Photographer |
| Art | Hermann Warm | Construction Manager |
| Art | Carl Haacker | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pommer-Uhlig | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hans Kothe | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anni Loretto | Costume Design |
| Editing | Marianne Behr | Editor |
| Sound | Hans Ruetten | Sound |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Music |