Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

UPC: 736899122522

Studio: Facets

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: This film combines both black-and-white and color photography to tell the story of a circus beset with financial woes. Leni (Hannelore Hoger), the director of a circus, has just lost her father in a trapeze accident. She tries to keep the circus out of debt and vows to continue the performances under the big top. Helped by a small and unexpected inheritance, Leni has high hopes of keeping the circus operating. She must decide if her dedication to the show is realistic or merely wishful thinking. Curt Jurgens appears as the animal trainer Mackensen in this symbolic but slow-moving feature. The film took the Gold Lion award at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Golden Lion – Venice International Film Festival

Features: The Indomitable Leni Peickert, follow-up short by Kluge

Execution of an Elephant, a short by Kluge

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 07/27/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 104 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) German

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
1. Circus Life [11:55]
2. "We Never Forget" [12:00]
3. Business Venture [16:43]
4. Art & Capitalism [14:31]
5. Bankruptcy [14:26]
6. Inheritance [13:23]
7. Shut Down [11:56]
8. Pass By [8:23]

Cast and Crew: Alexander Kluge  Director 
Alexander Kluge  Producer 
Alexander Kluge  Screenwriter 
Hannelore Hoger  Actor 
Alfred Edel  Actor 
Curd Jürgens  Actor 
Klaus Schwarzkopf  Actor 

Country: West Germany