Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 44min
- Drama
- 29 Oct 1968 (West Germany)
- Movie
"Neues Kino movie" about life in the circus dome narrated in Brechtian spirit; deceptively illusionist grip is broken violently by aloofness and sweeping subjective tracking shots.
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Cast
| Hannelore Hoger | ... |
Artistin und Unternehmerin Leni Peickert / Narrator
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Sigi Graue | ... |
Vater Manfred Peickert
(as Siegfried Graue)
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Alfred Edel | ... |
Freund Dr. Busch
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Bernd Höltz | ... |
Engster Mitarbeiter Herr von Lueptow
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Eva Oertel | ... |
Reiche Erbon Gitti Bornemann
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Kurt Jürgens | ... |
Mackensen, Dompteur
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Gilbert Houcke | ... |
Houke, Dompteur
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Wanda Bronska-Pampuch | ... |
Frau Saizewa
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Herr Jobst | ... |
Impressario
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Hans-Ludger Schneider | ... |
Assessor Korti
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| Klaus Schwarzkopf | ... |
Gerloff, Philologe
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Nils von der Heyde | ... |
Arbogast, Pressechef
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Marie Luise Dutoit | ... |
Schweiter Aristin
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Peter Staimmer | ... |
Perry Woodcock
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Theodor Hoffa | ... |
Monokelträger
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Maximiliane Mainka | ... |
Clown
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Ingeborg Pressler | ... |
Clown
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Oimel Mai | ... |
Joe Willkins, Dramaturg
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Tilde Trommler | ... |
Buchhalterin Lotte Losemeyer
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Inge Binder | ... |
Schlangenartistin Fadil Sojkowski
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Kurt Tharandt | ... |
Gläubiger Herr Böhme
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Ina Gierth | ... |
Journalistin
(as Gina Gierth)
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Viviane Gómori | ... |
1. Klavier, Paris
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Hellmuth Löffler | ... |
2. Klavier, Staatstheater Stuttgart
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| Alexandra Kluge | ... |
Narrator
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| Alexander Kluge | ... |
Narrator
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| Horst Janson | ... |
Self as actor in 'Salto Mortale' (uncredited)
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| Gustav Knuth | ... |
Self as actor in 'Salto Mortale' (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Alexander Kluge | ||
Written by
| Alexander Kluge | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Alexander Kluge | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Guenter Hoermann | ... | (as Günther Hörmann) |
| Thomas Mauch | ||
Editing by
| Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | ||
Editorial Department
| Maximiliane Mainka | ... | assistant editor (as Maxi Mainka) |
Production Management
| Bernd Höltz | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
| Ingeborg Pressler | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Dagmar Klaiber | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Bernd Höltz | ... | sound (as Bernd Hoeltz) |
| Hansjörg Wicha | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Dietrich Lohmann | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
| Viviane Gómori | ... | musician: piano |
| Hellmuth Löffler | ... | musician: piano |
Script and Continuity Department
| Dagmar Klaiber | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Gunther Gebel-Williams | ... | animal trainer: elefants (as Günther Gebel-Williams) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Constantin Film (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Cinecenta Film Distributors (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Constantin-Film (1969) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Film & Teater AB (1969) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Edition Filmmuseum (2007) (World-wide) (DVD)
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"Neues Kino movie" about life in the circus dome narrated in Brechtian spirit; deceptively illusionist grip is broken violently by aloofness, sweeping subjective tracking shots interrupted by a flat snapshot of an old stick, calm color sequence stops up a moving black and white scene and interviewed people in close-up becomes suddenly silent. Kluge has also taken a different motto from Brecht to heart, namely, that the artist's task is to maintain: despite its ambiguity "Circus performers" in a somewhat simplified format, could have been a film for children. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür |
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| Movie Connections | Edited into Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier! (2007). See more » |