Arena of Fear

{{Short description|1959 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Arena of Fear

|image = Arena of Fear.jpg

|caption = Austrian film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Geliebte Bestie}}

|director = Arthur Maria Rabenalt

|producer = Herbert Gruber

|writer = Hans Fritz Köllner
Kurt Nachmann
Heinrich Seiler (novel)

|starring = Gerhard Riedmann
Margit Nünke
Willy Birgel

|music = Bert Grund

|cinematography = Günther Anders

|editing = Arnfried Heyne

|studio = Sascha Film
Lux-Film Wien

|distributor = UFA

|released = {{Film date|1959|2|18|df=y}}

|runtime = 96 minutes

|country = Austria

|language = German

}}

Arena of Fear ({{langx|de|Geliebte Bestie}}) is a 1959 Austrian drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Margit Nünke and Willy Birgel.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=43|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1-57181-655-9}}

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. Location filming took place at the Circus Busch-Roland.