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Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed (German: Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos) is a 1968 West German film written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The film is made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement.




Cast


Hannelore Hoger as Leni Peickert
Sigi Graue as Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue)
Alfred Edel as Dr. Busch
Bernd Höltz as Herr von Lueptow
Eva Oertel as Gitti Bornemann
Kurt Jürgens as Mackensen, Dompteur
Gilbert Houcke as Houke, Dompteur
Wanda Bronska-Pampuch as Frau Saizewa
Herr Jobst as Impresario
Hans-Ludger Schneider as Assessor Korti
Klaus Schwarzkopf as Gerloff, Philologe




Awards


The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film was also selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.




See also


List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film




References






External links


Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed at IMDb

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• Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos
• Daftar perwakilan Jerman untuk Film Internasional Terbaik pada Academy Award
• Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
• Yesterday Girl
• New German Cinema
• Golden Lion
• Dietrich Lohmann
• Alexander Kluge
• 1968 in film
• List of films shown at the New York Film Festival
• 29th Venice International Film Festival
• Klaus Schwarzkopf