Plot
This film combines both black-and-white and color photography to tell the story of a circus beset with financial woes. Leni (Hannelore Hoger), the director of a circus, has just lost her father in a trapeze accident. She tries to keep the circus out of debt and vows to continue the performances under the big top. Helped by a small and unexpected inheritance, Leni has high hopes of keeping the circus operating. She must decide if her dedication to the show is realistic or merely wishful thinking. Curt Jurgens appears as the animal trainer Mackensen in this symbolic but slow-moving feature. The film took the Gold Lion award at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, RoviCast
- Hannelore Hoger - Leni Peickert
- Alfred Edel - Dr. Busch
Credit
Alexander Kluge - Director, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus - Editor, Thomas Mauch - Cinematographer, Guenter Hoermann - Cinematographer, Alexander Kluge - Producer, Alexander Kluge - Screenwriter| Die Apothekerin (1998 Film), Die Antwort Kennt Nur der Wind (1974 Film) | |
| Die Atlantikschwimmer (1976 Film), Die Ausgesperrten (1982 Film) |
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