Feb 20, 1931
79 min
Full-HD

Circus Life (1931)

Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapeze act angle, combining it with romance and jealousy for a darker plot, it has a lot of the right the ingredients. Does have moments where it spends too long of circus footage, which ruins some of the pacing, but otherwise a fine circus flick.

Category

Crime Mystery

Country

Germany

Companies

Tobis Filmkunst

Liane Haid

Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice

Trude Berliner

Kitty Rallay

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Luftakrobat

Walter Rilla

Morini. Kunstschütze

Rolf von Goth

Fred Rallay

Valy Arnheim

Sprechstallmeister

Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger

Chef der Mordkommission

Oskar Marion

Oskar Haupt

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