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Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Original title: Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos
1968 · 1 h 43 min
Directed by Alexander Kluge
Drama

Cast

Hannelore Hoger Sigi Graue Alfred Edel Bernd Höltz Eva Oertel Kurt Jürgens

Plot

A young woman, Leni Peickert, inherits a circus and tries to reform it into a modern, intellectual circus, but fails, in Kluge's essayistic first feature.

Sinekatalog’s take

A playful and intellectual essay-film that won the Golden Lion.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (514 votes)
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