Circus Life
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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.
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Shot by Georg BruckbauerScored by Ernst Erich Buder
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16 unique people credited
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Liane Haid
as Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
Luigi Bernauer
as Refaingesang
Fred Bird Rhythmicans
as Singer
Oscar Marion
as Oskar Haupt, Dompteur
Trude Berliner
as Kitty Rallay
Rolf Von Goth
as Fred Rallay, ihr Bruder
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Luftakrobat
Walter Rilla
as Morini. Kunstschütze
Hermann Picha
as Edorado, Clown
Hermann Bla
as Lilienfeldt, Argent
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