Drama ·Thriller · Germany · 1953 · 1h 45m

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope poster
Director
Elia Kazan
Cast
Fredric March as Karel Cernik Terry Moore as Tereza Cernik Gloria Grahame as Zama Cernik Cameron Mitchell as Joe Vosdek Adolphe Menjou as Fesker Robert Beatty as Barovic
Crew
Georg Krause — Director of Photography Dorothy Spencer — Editor Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer Robert E. Sherwood — Writer Neil Paterson — Story Robert L. Jacks — Producer
Tagline

It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!

Synopsis

The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.

Trailer Man on a Tightrope — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
circusiron curtainczechoslovakiaanti-communismblack and whitedefectioncommunismcircus troupeescape plancold war eraescape from communism
Key Collaborators
Elia Kazan Director Georg Krause Director of Photography Dorothy Spencer Editor Franz Waxman Original Music Composer Robert E. Sherwood Writer Neil Paterson Story Robert L. Jacks Producer Ursula Maes Costume Design
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