Bravo Acrobat!

Bravo Acrobat! (German: Akrobat Schööön!) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Charlie Rivel, Clara Tabody, and Karl Schönböck. A circus clown rises to stardom. The film was loosely based on the Spanish-born Rivel's own life.[1]

Bravo Acrobat!
Scene from a film
GermanAkrobat Schööön!
Directed byWolfgang Staudte
Written byWolfgang Staudte
Produced byWerner Malbran
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byEva Kroll
Music byPaul Hühn
Friedrich Schröder
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 1 December 1943 (1943-12-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave.

Cast
  • Charlie Rivel as Charlie
  • Clara Tabody as Monika
  • Karl Schönböck as Orlando
  • Käthe Dyckhoff as Bibiana
  • Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Krause
  • Fritz Kampers as Roto
  • Werner Scharf as Fred Martoni
  • Einar Björling as Bruno Martoni
  • Nina Raven-Zoch as Lydia
  • Hans Junkermann as director
  • Henry Lorenzen as Secretary
  • Adolf Ziegler as theater director
  • Oskar Höcker as Stage master
  • Karl Kahlmann as Variete servant
  • Edgar Pauly as doorman
  • Hella Thornegg as property attendant
  • Klaus Puhlmann as Peter
  • Herta Worell as Mother
  • Walter Schramm-Duncker as man with bass voice
  • Karin Luesebrink as secretary #1
  • Ursula Herking as secretary #2
  • Rello Marlo as Artiste
  • Heinz Wemper as First stageworker
  • Armin Munch as Language instructor and first guest
  • Ruth Buchardt as Elegant lady
  • Karl Heinz Reichel as Assistant director
  • Heinz Denies as Monica's dancing partner
  • Jockel Stahl as Monica's dancing partner
  • Charly Berger as Theatre employee
  • Angelo Ferrari as Restaurant patron
  • Meta Weber as Charlie's maid
  • Bela Kremo

References
  1. Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press, 1969. p. 250.
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