The Knie Dynasty: 100 Years of National Circus

Season 1

2019 · 2 episodes · 0h 1m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Part 1

   1 Jan 2019 · 1 min

   It's the story of four brothers who, against their mother's wishes, bought a big top, erected for the first time in Berne in 1919. Around the central figure of Margrit Knie-Lippuner, we look back over the founding years of Circus Knie and those, more difficult, of the Second World War.

2. 2

   2. Part 2

   8 Jan 2019

   An immersion in the Knie family and life in the Swiss National Circus, during preparations for the jubilee programme in 2018. A look behind the scenes and at the exacting daily routine of the circus artistes. Interviews with prestigious friends, such as Géraldine Chaplin, and archive footage provide the background.