Circus Life (1931)
Schatten der Manege
Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapeze act angle, combining it with romance and jealousy for a darker plot, it has a lot of the right the ingredients. Does have moments where it spends too long of circus footage, which ruins some of the pacing, but otherwise a fine circus flick.
- Date of release
- 1931-02-20
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Heinz Paul
Casting
- Liane Haid — Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
- Trude Berliner — Kitty Rallay
- Karl Ludwig Diehl — Luftakrobat
- Walter Rilla — Morini. Kunstschütze
- Rolf von Goth — Fred Rallay
- Valy Arnheim — Sprechstallmeister
- Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger — Chef der Mordkommission
- Oskar Marion — Oskar Haupt
- Hermann Picha — Eduardo
- Ellen Plessow
- Georg H. Schnell — 1. Kriminalkommissar
- Luigi Bernauer — Refaingesang
Interesting facts
Circus Life is a 1931 German mystery drama film directed by Heinz Paul, starring Liane Haid, Oscar Marion and Trude Berliner. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and at the Zirkus Busch in the city. It was released in America in 1932.
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