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.
Director:
Heinz Paul
Writer:
Fritz Falkenstein
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Liane Haid as Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice |
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Trude Berliner as Kitty Rallay |
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Karl Ludwig Diehl as Luftakrobat |
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Walter Rilla as Morini. Kunstschütze |
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Rolf von Goth as Fred Rallay |
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Valy Arnheim as Sprechstallmeister |
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Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger as Chef der Mordkommission |
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Oskar Marion as Oskar Haupt |
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Hermann Picha as Eduardo |
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Ellen Plessow as |
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Georg H. Schnell as 1. Kriminalkommissar |
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Luigi Bernauer as Refaingesang |
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Hermann Blaß as Lilienfeldt, Argent |
| Directing | Heinz Paul | Director |
| Writing | Fritz Falkenstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paula Busch | Writer |
| Camera | Viktor Gluck | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ernst Erich Buder | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Georg Bruckbauer | Director of Photography |
