Circus Life
{{Short description|1931 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Circus Life
| image =File:Circus Life.jpg
| caption =
| director =Heinz Paul
| producer =
|based_on =
| writer = Paula Busch (book)
Fritz Falkenstein
| starring =Liane Haid
Oscar Marion
Trude Berliner
| music = Ernst Erich Buder
| cinematography = Georg Bruckbauer
Viktor Gluck
| editing =
| studio = Haase-Film
| distributor = Haase-Film
| released = {{Film date|1931|02|20|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.Quinlan p.258 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and at the Zirkus Busch in the city.Klaus p.246 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
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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
- {{IMDb title|0227441}}
{{Heinz Paul}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Heinz Paul
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:Films scored by Ernst Erich Buder
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