Death of the Flea Circus Director (1975)
With the help of his assistant Anja, Ottocaro Weiss intends to put the plague on stage: circumstances beyond his control and a lack of fresh talent have forced him to close down his flea circus. For Weiss, the plague means the «extinction of everything that makes life miserable and low and freedom along with it. Unbeknownst to him, he has won the support of a patron who is of the exact opposite opinion: for Johannes Wagner, the plague is an organising principle, and, aided by his agent Moosbrugger, he is able to smuggle a new number onto the programme. Whereas Ottocaro Weiss means to represent the plague theatrically, what appears on stage is the scientific reality of the rat-borne infestation.
Director: Thomas Koerfer
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François Simon as Ottocaro Weiss |
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Paul Gogel as Johannes Wagner |
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Norbert Schwientek as Stephan Moosbrugger |
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Janine Weill as Anja, artist |
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Gothard Dietrich as Ringmaster |
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Gerhard Dorfer as Insurance agent |
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Peter Kner as TV editor |
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Wolfgang Rottsieper as Germanist |
| Directing | Thomas Koerfer | Director |
| Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Renato Berta | Director of Photography |
