Circus Life (1931)

6.5/10 79 min Crime Mystery

Overview

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.

Cast

Liane Haid

Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice

Trude Berliner

Kitty Rallay

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Luftakrobat

Walter Rilla

Morini. Kunstschütze

Rolf von Goth

Fred Rallay

Valy Arnheim

Sprechstallmeister

Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger

Chef der Mordkommission

Oskar Marion

Oskar Haupt

Hermann Picha

Eduardo

Ellen Plessow

Georg H. Schnell

1. Kriminalkommissar

Luigi Bernauer

Refaingesang

Hermann Blaß

Lilienfeldt, Argent

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