Salto Mortale (1931)

Directed by

Ewald André Dupont

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A circus film set in Berlin. It follows performers involved in drama and spectacle under the big top.

tensemelancholiccircus-likegrittyatmosphericdramaticclassic

What happens

Salto Mortale is a 1931 German drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook and Reinhold Bernt. A circus film, it has been described as being "in all but name a sound film remake of Variety" and was a box office success. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Junge and Fritz Maurischat. It was made at the Babelelsberg Studios in Berlin. Location filming took place at the Circus Busch in the city. A separate French-language version was also made by Dupont. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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