Dark Circus
2016, German. Directed by Julia Ostertag.
Johanna is just twenty years old but struggling with her boring and aimless existence. Disturbing visions start the day she gets fired from her job. Soon Johanna is carried off into a different world beneath the city where people live in a parallel universe full of darkness and magic rituals. The denizens of this world are inspired and guided by a mysterious woman, The Mistress. Drawn into her cult through an extravagant initiation ceremony, Johanna encounters fascinating characters: People like Simon, the collector, with whom she embarks on an obsessive affair. As Johanna plunges deeper into the occult her old world slowly collapses...
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 September 2016
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Julia Ostertag
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Dark Circus runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Dark Circus isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 September 2016. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Dark Circus?
If you liked Dark Circus, try The Unhealer, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.
Who directed Dark Circus?
Dark Circus (2016) was directed by Julia Ostertag and stars Angela Maria Romacker, Annika Strauss, Namjira As-Sefid.