Circus Renz (1943)
Zirkus Renz
A circus film made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies.
- Date of release
- 1943-09-10
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Casting
- René Deltgen — Ernst Jakob Renz
- Paul Klinger — Harms, Artist
- Angelika Hauff — Bettina Althoff, Artistin
- Alice Treff — Frau von Grunau
- Fritz Odemar — Herr von Grunau, ihr Mann
- Rudolf Schündler — Ernst Litfaß
- Willi Rose — Schwenz
- Gunnar Möller — Bäckerjunge Willi
- Herbert Hübner — Zirkuskönig Déjean
- Ernst Waldow — Polizseirat Bastian
- Werner Pledath — König
- Gert Witt — Karl, Schusterjunge
Interesting facts
Circus Renz is a 1943 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Paul Klinger and Angelika Hauff. It is a circus film, made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies. The film takes its title from the real Circus Renz and is loosely based on the career of its founder Ernst Renz. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo in September 1943. It was a major commercial success.
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