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Man on a Tightrope (1953)Director:Elia Kazan |
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Karel Cernik
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| Terry Moore | ... |
Tereza Cernik
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| Gloria Grahame | ... |
Zama Cernik
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Joe Vosdek
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| Adolphe Menjou | ... |
Fesker
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Barovic
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Alexander D'Arcy | ... |
Rudolph
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Krofta
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Pat Henning | ... |
Konradin
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Paul Hartman | ... |
Jaremir
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The Chief
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 June 1953 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Cirkus på flugt See more »Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
from "Ma Vlast (My Country)"
Music by Bedrich Smetana
Arranged by Franz Waxman and Earle Hagen
Played during circus sequences by a band and as background music by the orchestra several times
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Hildegard Knef was supposed to play the female lead, but shortly before filming began, Elia Kazan cast Gloria Grahame instead. See more »Soundtracks
"The Moldau"(uncredited)
from "Ma Vlast (My Country)"
Music by Bedrich Smetana
Arranged by Franz Waxman and Earle Hagen
Played during circus sequences by a band and as background music by the orchestra several times
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Kazan, in his "A Life", describes this movie mostly in terms of early-morning bonding with his crew, but while it contains far fewer emotional lightning-bolts than most Kazan films, it also contains some incredibly poetic violence. Even though it's hard to tell if it's just hastily staged or artistically muted, one shot of a sentry being killed just below the screen is both intimate and shielding. The battle scenes are exciting, short, and brilliant. Kazan takes no credit at all, saying that much of the film was devised by producer Gerd Oswald and cinematographer Georg Kraus. Strange and sparse, this is a very interesting film.