Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

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Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

1968

1h 43m

5.8(18 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young circus director ends up going into television after her father, a trapeze performer, dies in a circus accident.

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9 members

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Hannelore Hoger

Leni Peickert

Hannelore Hoger

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Sigi Graue

Manfred Peickert

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Alfred Edel

Dr. Busch

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Klaus Schwarzkopf

Gerloff, Philologe

Klaus Schwarzkopf

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Bernd Höltz

Herr von Lueptow

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Kurt Jürgens

Mackensen, Dompteur

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Gilbert Houcke

Dompteur Houke

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Eva Oertel

Gitti Bornemann

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Hans-Ludger Schneider

Assessor Korti

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