Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | |
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Directed by | Alexander Kluge |
Written by | Alexander Kluge |
Starring | Hannelore Hoger |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed (German: Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos) is a 1968 West German film written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The film is made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement.[1]
Cast
- Hannelore Hoger as Leni Peickert
- Sigi Graue as Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue)
- Alfred Edel as Dr. Busch
- Bernd Höltz as Herr von Lueptow
- Eva Oertel as Gitti Bornemann
- Kurt Jürgens as Mackensen, Dompteur
- Gilbert Houcke as Houke, Dompteur
- Wanda Bronska-Pampuch as Frau Saizewa
- Herr Jobst as Impresario
- Hans-Ludger Schneider as Assessor Korti
- Klaus Schwarzkopf as Gerloff, Philologe
Awards
The film won the
Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
See also
- List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film