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Man on a Tightrope (1953)

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Karel Cernik
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Tereza Cernik
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Zama Cernik
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Joe Vosdek
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Fesker
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Barovic
Alexander D'Arcy ...
Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
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Krofta
Pat Henning ...
Konradin
Paul Hartman ...
Jaremir
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The Chief
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Plot Keywords:

communism | circus

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Drama

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Release Date:

29 June 1953 (West Germany)  »

Also Known As:

Cirkus på flugt  »

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Hildegard Knef was supposed to play the female lead, but shortly before filming began, Elia Kazan cast Gloria Grahame instead. See more »

Quotes

Rudolph: [to Cernik] The curse of my life is that I'm a handsome man.
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Referenced in American Masters: None Without Sin (2003) 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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Has some strikingly well-directed scenes
23 July 2003 | by (Colorado) – See all my reviews

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.


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