Salto Mortale is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn and Karlheinz Böhm.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and at the city's Zirkus Crone. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski.
Synopsis
Verena, a trick rider, inherits the circus after the death of her father. However, her father took out a loan before his death and the creditors appoint an outsider, Manfred, as a trustee to watch over the finances. He is entranced by the circus world and he and Verena fall in love, provoking the jealousy of the veteran lion tamer Cadenos.
Cast
- Margot Hielscher as Verena
- Philip Dorn as Cadenos
- Karlheinz Böhm as Manfred
- Paul Kemp as Willi
- Nicolas Koline as Mischa
- Christine Kaufmann as Dascha
- Käthe Itter as Martha
- Erika Remberg as Rita
- Gunnar Möller as Kurt
- Willy Rösner as Direktor Jansen
- Gert Fröbe as Jan
- Angela Cenery as Sekretärin
- Viktor Afritsch
- Peter Alexander as Singer
- Annelise Benz
- Circus Krone
- Sybille Dochtermann
- Werner Fuetterer
- Hildegard Hornauer
- Christl Lazarus
- Leila Negra as Singer
- Karl Schaidler
- Treska
- Uno Myggan Ericson
References
- ^ Singer p.567
Bibliography
- Fenner, Angelica. Race under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi. University of Toronto Press, 2011.
- Singer, Michael. Film Directors. Lone Eagle Publishing, 2002.
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