Star of the Circus

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{{Infobox film

| name = Star of the Circus

| image = Star of the Circus.jpg

| caption =

| director = Albert de Courville

| producer = Walter C. Mycroft

| writer = {{ubl|Heinrich Seiler (novel)|Hans H. Zerlett|Dudley Leslie |Elizabeth Meehan|John Monk Saunders}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Otto Kruger|Gertrude Michael|John Clements|Patrick Barr}}

| music = Leo Leux

| cinematography = Claude Friese-Greene

| editing = Lionel Tomlinson

| studio = Associated British Picture Corporation

| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1938|03|15|df=yes}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =£33,513{{cite magazine|title=‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England |last=Chapman|first= Llewella|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|magazine=Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10|volume=19|number=4|page=470-494 at 480}}

| gross =

}}

Star of the Circus is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael and John Clements. It is a remake of the 1937 German circus film Truxa, itself based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.99

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References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.