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Salto Mortale (1953)

Salto Mortale poster
Directed by
Victor Tourjansky
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drama set in the circus world of 1950s Munich. It follows the personal and professional relationships of performers in a traveling circus.

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What happens

Salto Mortale is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn and Karlheinz Böhm. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and at the city's Zirkus Crone. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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