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Salto Mortale (1953 film)

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Salto Mortale
Directed byViktor Tourjansky
Written byFelix Lützkendorf
Produced byHelmuth Schönnenbeck
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAnneliese Schönnenbeck
Music byLotar Olias
Production
company
Komet-Film
Distributed byPanorama-Film
Release date
  • 17 September 1953 (1953-09-17)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Salto Mortale is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn and Karlheinz Böhm.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and at the city's Zirkus Crone. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski.

Synopsis

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Verena, a trick rider, inherits the circus after the death of her father. However, her father took out a loan before his death and the creditors appoint an outsider, Manfred, as a trustee to watch over the finances. He is entranced by the circus world and he and Verena fall in love, provoking the jealousy of the veteran lion tamer Cadenos.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Singer p.567

Bibliography

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  • Fenner, Angelica. Race under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi. University of Toronto Press, 2011.
  • Singer, Michael. Film Directors. Lone Eagle Publishing, 2002.
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