Circus Life

Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapeze act angle, combining it with romance and jealousy for a darker plot, it has a lot of the right the ingredients. Does have moments where it spends too long of circus footage, which ruins some of the pacing, but otherwise a fine circus flick.

Director: Heinz Paul

Cast: Liane Haid, Trude Berliner, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Walter Rilla, Rolf von Goth, Valy Arnheim, Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger, Oskar Marion

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.