The Clown
6.7
Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.
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Helmut Griem
Hans Schnier
Known for
Cabaret
The Damned
Hanna Schygulla
Marie
Known for
Poor Things
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Eva Maria Meineke
The Mother
Known for
Cesar and Rosalie
To the Devil a Daughter
Hans Christian Blech
Derkum
Known for
Wrong Move
Giordano Bruno
Jan Niklas
Leo, Hans’ Bruder
Known for
The House of the Spirits
Colonel Redl
Helga Anders
Sabine
Also in
Girls, Girls
The Brutes
Rainer Basedow
Zohnerer, Schniers Agent
Known for
Rocks
Claudia Butenuth
Monika Silvs
Known for
What Have You Done to Solange?
Dirk Dautzenberg
Herr Silvs
Known for
Otto – The New Movie
Kein Pardon
Gustav Rudolf Sellner
Also in
David
Phantasten
Alexander May
Known for
Pappa ante Portas
Ben Hecker
Known for
Band of Brothers
Collide
Vojtěch Jasný Director · Heinrich Böll Author Walter Lassally Cinematographer
First release January 14, 1976 · Produced in Germany · Production MFG-Film
Production
Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer
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MFG-Film
Production
Germany
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Original title
Ansichten eines Clowns
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 14, 1976
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No release date listed for United States.
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