The Burning Crucible
About The Burning Crucible
Elle and her husband, a rich industrialist, are on bad terms. She is not sure he loves her. He invents rivals. She wakes from a nightmare of a man in several guises, who turns out to be Detective Z, from memoirs she has been reading. They quarrel about leaving Paris for a country estate. He goes to the Trouve Tout agency and hires Detective Z to win her back. Ivan Mosjoukine plays in it and directed it. Nathalie Lissenko is billed with him. The French title is Le Brasier ardent.
Cast & crew
More about The Burning Crucible
Mosjoukine also wrote it. Alexandre Kamenka produced it. Georges Meyer photographed it. Wikidata times it at 120 minutes. Nicolas Koline, Camille Bardou, Huguette Delacroix, and Franco Zellas are on the catalog cast. English titles also include The Blazing Inferno, The Burning Brazier, The Burning Cauldron, and Burning Embers. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Georges Meyer photographed the Paris rooms, the nightmare, and the agency.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Detective Z steps out of the memoirs she is reading and into the hire.
- The agency is called Trouve Tout.
- The Commons file uses the French title.
Scenes
- Elle wakes from a chase by a man who is Detective Z from the book on her table.
- The husband hires that detective to get her affection back.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le Brasier ardent)
