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The Great Circus Catastrophe (1912)

The Great Circus Catastrophe poster
Original title
Dødsspring til hest fra cirkuskuplen
Directed by
Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
41 min
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Danish silent film about a circus performer who does a dangerous horse stunt. The plot follows a count who gets involved with the circus and the dramatic events that follow.

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What happens

Dødsspring til Hest fra Cirkuskuplen er dansk stum dramafilm produceret af Nordisk Films Kompagni og instrueret af Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen efter manuskript af Alfred Kjerulf. Filmens hovedrolle som grev Willy von Rosenörn spilles af Valdemar Psilander. Filmen er i genren "sensationsfilm", en populær genre i datiden indeholdende spektakulære stunts. Filmen havde dansk premiere den 26. august 1912 i Panoptikon Teatret i København og blev i tysktalende lande distribueret som Die grosse Attraction, i engelsktalende lande som The Great Circus Catastrophe og i fransktalende lande som La grande Attraction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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