The Firebird
Directed by William Dieterle
Plot
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.
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Cast
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