The Firebird
1934 | 74m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | William Dieterle |
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| Writer: | Charles Kenyon, Jeffrey Dell |
| Staring: |
| Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola leaves the building, Brandt catches her in the stairwell and proposes she "visit" him at his apartment after everyone has gone to bed. Shocked and offended at his brazenness, she complains to the building manager, who orders Brandt to leave. He refuses, so the Pointers decide that they will move out instead. While they're packing, the police show up at their apartment with some bad news--Brandt has been found murdered, shot in the head. Inspector Muller, the detective investigating the murder, discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 03, 1934 |
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| Director: | William Dieterle |
| Writer: | Charles Kenyon, Jeffrey Dell |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery |
| Keywords | beautiful woman, vienna, austria, apartment building, pre-code, police inspector, lothario, protective mother |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Verree Teasdale | Carola Pointer |
| Ricardo Cortez | Herman Brandt |
| Lionel Atwill | John Pointer |
| Anita Louise | Mariette Pointer |
| C. Aubrey Smith | Police Inspector Miller |
| Dorothy Tree | Mrs. Jolan Brandt |
| Helen Trenholme | Mlle. Josephine Mousquet, the Governess |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | Emile, Brandt's Valet |
| Robert Barrat | Halasz, the Apartment House Manager |
| Hal K. Dawson | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Russell Hicks | Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager |
| Spencer Charters | Max Bauer, the Porter |
| Etienne Girardot | Professor Peterson |
| Florence Fair | Thelma, the Pointer's Maid |
| Nan Grey | Alice von Attem |
| Skippy | Rex |
| Otto Lang | Second Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles Kenyon | Screenplay |
| Lajos Zilahy | Theatre Play |
| Jeffrey Dell | Adaptation |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Music |
| William Dieterle | Director |
| Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gilbert Miller | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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