Alarm at the Circus
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Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves for training. Nevertheless, they cannot seem to save enough and so they let themselves be hired by the bartender Klott for a twisted scheme. However, Klaus overhears one of Klott's conversations and learns that Klott intends for the boys to steal horses from the East Berlin Barlay Circus, where Klaus recently made some good friends. Indignant, he sets out to stop the robbery—and an adventurous action story results.
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Cast
23 people
Erwin Geschonneck
Klott
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Jacob the Liar
Hans Winter
Klaus
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Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?
Gerhard Klein
Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Werner Bergmann
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Max
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Ursula Kahlbaum
Hans Kubisch
Ulrich Thein
Herbert
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Anton the Magician
Five Cartridges
Günter Klück
Jean Brahn
Zapfer
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The Tinder Box
Don't Forget My Little Traudel
Uwe-Jens Pape
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Farmers, Politics and Bombs
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Gerhard Klein Director · Wolfgang Kohlhaase Writer Hans Kubisch Writer
First release August 26, 1954 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Alarm im Zirkus
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 26, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
February 17, 1955
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