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).
- Released
- 1938-08-25
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Veit Harlan, Veit Harlan, Thea von Harbou, Felix Lützkendorf
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 7 votes
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
- Leo Peukert as Dubois
- Charlotte Schultz as Madeleine Lawrence, Seraphines Mutter
- Friedrich Kayssler as Polizeipräfekt von Paris
- Hans Halden as Polizeikommissar Fragonard
- Leo Peukert as Polizeisekretär Dubois