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.
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Cast
Liane Haid
Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
Trude Berliner
Kitty Rallay
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Luftakrobat
Walter Rilla
Morini. Kunstschütze
Rolf von Goth
Fred Rallay
Valy Arnheim
Sprechstallmeister
Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger
Chef der Mordkommission
Oskar Marion
Oskar Haupt
Hermann Picha
Eduardo
Ellen Plessow
Georg H. Schnell
1. Kriminalkommissar
Luigi Bernauer
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