Circus Renz (1943 film)
Circus Renz (German: Zirkus Renz) is a 1943 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Paul Klinger and Angelika Hauff. It is a circus film, made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies.[1] The film takes its title from the real Circus Renz and is loosely based on the career of its founder Ernst Renz. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo in September 1943. It was a major commercial success.
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| German | Zirkus Renz |
| Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| Written by | Roland Betsch Otto Ernst Hesse |
| Produced by | Alf Teichs |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
| Music by | Albert Fischer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | 2,149,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ |
It was made partly at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place around Breslau in Silesia.
Cast
- René Deltgen as Ernst Renz
- Paul Klinger as Harms
- Angelika Hauff as Bettina Althoff
- Alice Treff as Frau von Grunau
- Fritz Odemar as Herr von Grunau
- Herbert Hübner as Circus Master Déjean
- Willi Rose as Schwenz
- Ernst Waldow as Polizeirat Bastian
- Werner Pledath as The King
- Rudolf Schündler as Litfaß
- Gunnar Möller as Willi, baker's boy
- Charlotte Schultz as Gräfin Ziegenreuth
- Lotte Spira as Frau Bastian
- Gerhard Dammann as Konstabler Klemke
- Adolf Fischer as Artist
- Walter Steinweg as Artist
- Hildegard Grethe as Gräfin Geiersberg
- Kurt Hagen as Dostler, Kammerherr
- Hanns Waschatko as Adjutant
- Eduard Wenck as Torschreiber
- Klaus Pohl as Stefan - Bärenführer
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Schwiemel
References
- Ross, Corey (2008). Media and the Making of Modern Germany: Mass Communications, Society, and Politics from the Empire to the Third Reich. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 369. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278213.001.0001. ISBN 978-0199278213.
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Edition Axel Menges, 2000.
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