Truxa

{{short description|1937 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Truxa

| image = Truxa poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Hans H. Zerlett

| producer = Karl Julius Fritzsche

| writer = {{ubl|Heinrich Seiler (novel)|Hans H. Zerlett}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|La Jana|Hannes Stelzer|Ernst Fritz Fürbringer|Mady Rahl}}

| music = {{ubl|Leo Leux|Matthias Perl}}

| cinematography = Friedl Behn-Grund

| editing = Walter Fredersdorf

| studio = Tobis Film

| distributor = Europa Film

| released = {{film date|1937|1|19|df=y}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Truxa is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring La Jana, Hannes Stelzer, and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It is a Circus film, based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. The film was released in the United States and was one of the most successful German films shown in America that year.Waldman p. 152

It was remade in Britain the following year as Star of the Circus.

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last = O'Brien | first = Mary-Elizabeth | title = Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich | publisher = Boydell & Brewer | year = 2006 | orig-year = 2004 | location = Rochester, NY | isbn = 978-1-57113-334-2 }}
  • {{cite book | last = Waldman | first = Harry | title = Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942 | publisher = McFarland | year = 2008 | location = Jefferson, NC | isbn = 978-0-7864-3861-7 }}