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- Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness.
- After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.
- In a series of conversations with Michel Ciment, Elia Kazan talks about his life's work in theatre, cinema and novels, the philosophy and attitudes behind his choices and his creations.
- A first-hand account of the shooting of John Frankenheimer's The Birdman of Alcatraz by the film's camera operator, Richard H. Kline, ASC.
- This documentary short, written and narrated by Craig Keller, delves into the life of Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg (1904-1981) and uses previously unseen archive and newly shot location photography.
- In this video essay, film critic and teaching fellow at the University of Edinburgh David Cairns discusses development, production, style and themes of Nicholas Ray's 'Johnny Guitar' (1954).
- In this documentary short, director Nicholas Ray's widow Susan discusses first meeting the famous director, his attitude towards actors and passing on his knowledge of filmmaking, and his character. Actor Tom Farrell and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch also contribute.