Circus Life
1931 film
- 20 February 1931 (1931-02-20)
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Circus Life (Austrian title, Zirkus Leben, German: Schatten der Manege) is a 1931 German mystery drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Liane Haid, Oscar Marion and Trude Berliner.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and at the Zirkus Busch in the city.[2] It was released in America in 1932.
Synopsis
An acrobat is carrying on affairs with both Elvira Starke, who owns and runs the circus, and Kitty who performs in an equestrian act. He is then shot dead and police investigate.
Cast
- Liane Haid as Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
- Luigi Bernauer as Refaingesang
- Fred Bird Rhythmicans as Singer
- Oscar Marion as Oskar Haupt, Dompteur
- Trude Berliner as Kitty Rallay
- Rolf von Goth as Fred Rallay, ihr Bruder
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Luftakrobat
- Walter Rilla as Morini. Kunstschütze
- Hermann Picha as Edorado, Clown
- Hermann Blaß as Lilienfeldt, Argent
- Valy Arnheim as Sprechstallmeister
- Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger as Chef der Mordkommission
- Georg H. Schnell as 1. Kriminalkommissar
- Heinrich Wilde as 2. Kriminalkommissar
References
Bibliography
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
- Quinlan, David. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Movie Character Actors. Harmony Books, 1986.
External links
- Circus Life at IMDb
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Films directed by Heinz Paul
- The Dancer from Tanagra (1920)
- The Dice Game of Life (1925)
- Department Store Princess (1926)
- The Street of Forgetting (1926)
- U-9 Weddigen (1927)
- The False Prince (1927)
- The Carousel of Death (1928)
- The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow (1928)
- Three Days of Life and Death (1929)
- The Midnight Waltz (1929)
- The Love Market (1930)
- The Somme (1930)
- Marriage in Name Only (1930)
- Student Life in Merry Springtime (1931)
- Circus Life (1931)
- Douaumont - Die Hölle von Verdun (1931)
- The Other Side (1931)
- Tannenberg (1932)
- Trenck (1932)
- Marshal Forwards (1932)
- William Tell (1934)
- The Four Musketeers (1934)
- Miracle of Flight (1935)
- Paul and Pauline (1936)
- Unsterbliche Melodien (1936)
- Das Hermännchen. Nee, nee, was es nich' alles gibt (1936)
- Hilde and the Volkswagen (1936)
- Hahn im Korb (1937)
- Comrades at Sea (1938)
- Come Back to Me (1944)
- Schicksal am Strom (1944)
- Good Fortune in Ohio (1950)
- Operation Edelweiss (1954)
- Wo der Wildbach rauscht (1956)
- Marriages Forbidden (1957)
- The Elephant in a China Shop (1958)
- Hula-Hopp, Conny (1959)
- Oriental Nights (1960)
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