---
title: 'The Sacred Flame (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Dieterle'
released: '1931-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sacred-flame-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020958/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sacred Flame (1931)

1931 · Drama · United States

Original title: Die heilige Flamme

## Synopsis

The Sacred Flame is a lost 1931 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and Berthold Viertel and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language remake of the studio's 1929 film The Sacred Flame. It is based upon the 1928 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle), [Berthold Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/berthold-viertel)
- **Screenplay:** [Heinrich Fraenkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-fraenkel)
- **Producer:** [Henry Blanke](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-blanke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frank Kesson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-kesson)

## Cast

- [Dita Parlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dita-parlo)
- [Vladimir Sokoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sokoloff)
- [Anton Pointner](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-pointner)
- [Salka Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/salka-viertel)
- [Gustav Fröhlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-frohlich)
- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinrich-von-twardowski)

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