Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed / The Undomitable Leni Peikert - 2-DVD Set ( Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos / Die Unbezähmbare Leni Peickert ) ( The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless )

Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed / The Undomitable Leni Peikert - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos / Die Unbezähmbare Leni Peickert
Alternate Title: The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
133 min + 144 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1968 - 197 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Alexander Kluge

Written By:
Alexander Kluge

Actors:
Hannelore Hoger ..... Leni Peickert
Sigi Graue ..... Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue)
Alfred Edel ..... Dr. Busch
Bernd Höltz ..... Herr von Lueptow
Eva Oertel ..... Gitti Bornemann
Kurt Jürgens ..... Mackensen, Dompteur
Gilbert Houcke ..... Houke, Dompteur
Wanda Bronska-Pampuch ..... Frau Saizewa
Herr Jobst ..... Impressario
Hans-Ludger Schneider ..... Assessor Korti
Klaus Schwarzkopf ..... Gerloff, Philologe
Nils von der Heyde ..... Arbogast, Pressechef
Marie Luise Dutoit ..... Schweiter Aristin
Peter Staimmer ..... Perry Woodcock
Theodor Hoffa ..... Monokelträger
Alfred Edel

Synopsis:

The Undomitable Leni Peikert (1968)
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.

Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed (1970)
A young circus director ends up going into television after his father, a trapeze performer, dies in a circus accident.

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