The Burning Crucible
1923, French. Directed by Ivan Mosjoukine.
A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on the other hand, torments himself by imagining rivals. One morning she awakens from a nightmare in which she has been pursued by a man in various guises, who turns out to be the famous Detective Z, whose memoirs she has been reading. When she and her husband quarrel over leaving Paris permanently for a country estate, he goes to the "Trouve Tout" Agency and hires, of all people, Detective Z, to win back her affection.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 4 August 1923
- Original title
- Le Brasier ardent
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Ivan Mosjoukine
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The Burning Crucible runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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The Burning Crucible isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 August 1923. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Burning Crucible?
If you liked The Burning Crucible, try Le Pont du Nord, It Happened at the Inn, The Crime is Mine.
Who directed The Burning Crucible?
The Burning Crucible (1923) was directed by Ivan Mosjoukine and stars Ivan Mosjoukine, Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline.