Circus Life
1931, German. Directed by Heinz Paul.
Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapeze act angle, combining it with romance and jealousy for a darker plot, it has a lot of the right the ingredients. Does have moments where it spends too long of circus footage, which ruins some of the pacing, but otherwise a fine circus flick.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Heinz PaulDirector
- Liane HaidElvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
- Trude BerlinerKitty Rallay
- Karl Ludwig DiehlLuftakrobat
- Walter RillaMorini. Kunstschütze
- Rolf von GothFred Rallay
- Valy ArnheimSprechstallmeister
- Rudolf Meinhard-JüngerChef der Mordkommission
- Oskar MarionOskar Haupt
- Hermann PichaEduardo
- Ellen PlessowCast
- Georg H. Schnell1. Kriminalkommissar
- Luigi BernauerRefaingesang
Details
- Released
- 20 February 1931
- Original title
- Schatten der Manege
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Fritz Falkenstein, Paula Busch
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Circus Life runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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Circus Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 February 1931. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Circus Life?
Circus Life (1931) was directed by Heinz Paul and stars Liane Haid, Trude Berliner, Karl Ludwig Diehl.