Hippodrome (1959)

Original title

Geliebte Bestie

Directed by

Arthur Maria Rabenalt

Genre

drama film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love triangle unfolds among circus performers at a famous Austrian circus. The film follows a lion tamer and a trapeze artist as their relationship is tested by rivalry and danger.

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What happens

Arena of Fear (German: Geliebte Bestie) is a 1959 Austrian drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Margit Nünke and Willy Birgel. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. Location filming took place at the Circus Busch-Roland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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