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The Firebird

The Firebird

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 1934

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Mystery, Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

The Firebird

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

William Dieterle

Description

Prohibited from seeing her actor sweetheart Herman Brandt by her tyrannical parents, sweet young Vienesse lass Mariette defies authority by regularly visiting Brandt's downstairs apartment. The lovers' signal is a song called "The Firebird," which Brandt sings whenever he wants Mariette to visit him. When the actor is murdered, poor Mariette and her parents are prime suspects. But the truth is a bit more complicated than that, involving as it does a haughty aristocrat, a powerful diplomat and a most unusual "candid camera" device.