Circus World (1964) ( El fabuloso mundo del circo (The Magnificent Showman) )

Circus World (1964) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Alternate Title: El fabuloso mundo del circo (The Magnificent Showman)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
132 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Henry Hathaway

Written By:
Ben Hecht
Julian Zimet

Actors:
John Wayne ..... Matt Masters
Claudia Cardinale ..... Toni Alfredo
Rita Hayworth ..... Lili Alfredo
Lloyd Nolan ..... Cap Carson
Richard Conte ..... Aldo Alfredo
John Smith ..... Steve McCabe
Katharyna ..... Giovana
Katherine Kath ..... Hilda
Wanda Rotha ..... Mrs. Schuman
Margaret MacGrath ..... Anna
Miles Malleson ..... Billy Hennigan
José María Caffarel ..... Barcelona's Mayor
Kay Walsh ..... Flo Hunt
Francois Calepides ..... Ringmaster
Robert Cunningham ..... Ringmaster

Synopsis:

In the early years of the 20th century, Matt Masters takes his rambling Wild West Show to Europe. His decision is prompted by his desire to find Lili Alfredo, who disappeared fourteen years earlier following the death of her husband, The Flying Alfredo. At the time it was believed that Alfredo dove to his death deliberately when he realized his wife loved Matt and not him. Toni, a beautiful trapeze performer, raised by Matt is actually Lili's daughter, and she is in love with Steve McCabe, one of the stars on Matt's show. Doing their first show in Barcelona, aboard a ship, the ship keels over and Matt loses his show. Now broke, he leaves for Paris with Toni, Steve and his long-time friend, Cap Carson, to seek a job with Colonel Purdy's Wild West Show. But a year later, Matt has rebuilt his own show. First to be signed is a remarkable 12-year-old wire-walker named Giovana, and her guardian, Tojo the Clown, whose real named is Aldo Alfredo, formerly of the Flying Alfredos. Continuing his search for Lili, Matt's show plays Brussels, Vienna, Prague, Copenhagen, Rome, Milan, and finally Madrid, where Lili is part of the audience.

At the turn of the twentieth century, circus owner Matt Masters (John Wayne) takes his troupe on a tour of Europe in search of his long-lost love, Lili Alfredo (Rita Hayworth). With him are Lili's daughter, Toni (Claudia Cardinale), whom she abandoned years earlier and whom he has raised as his own, and his faithful friend, Cap Carson (Lloyd Nolan). The circus is lost in a sinking ship, but Masters manages to salvage part of it. With the help of some European acts, he puts together a new show. Masters ultimately finds Lili, so mother and daughter are reunited.

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 15 December, 2022.