Crime ·Mystery · Germany · 1931 · 1h 19m

Circus Life

Schatten der Manege

Director

Cast

Liane Haid as Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice Trude Berliner as Kitty Rallay Karl Ludwig Diehl as Luftakrobat Walter Rilla as Morini. Kunstschütze Rolf von Goth as Fred Rallay Valy Arnheim as Sprechstallmeister

Crew

Viktor Gluck — Director of Photography Georg Bruckbauer — Director of Photography Ernst Erich Buder — Original Music Composer Fritz Falkenstein — Screenplay Paula Busch — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Heinz Paul Director Viktor Gluck Director of Photography Georg Bruckbauer Director of Photography Ernst Erich Buder Original Music Composer Fritz Falkenstein Screenplay Paula Busch Writer

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