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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.




Synopsis


Verena, a trick rider, inherits the circus after the death of her father. However, her father took out a loan before his death and the creditors appoint an outsider, Manfred, as a trustee to watch over the finances. He is entranced by the circus world and he and Verena fall in love, provoking the jealousy of the veteran lion tamer Cadenos.




Cast


Margot Hielscher as Verena
Philip Dorn as Cadenos
Karlheinz Böhm as Manfred
Paul Kemp as Willi
Nicolas Koline as Mischa
Christine Kaufmann as Dascha
Käthe Itter as Martha
Erika Remberg as Rita
Gunnar Möller as Kurt
Willy Rösner as Direktor Jansen
Gert Fröbe as Jan
Angela Cenery as Sekretärin
Viktor Afritsch
Peter Alexander as Singer
Annelise Benz
Circus Krone
Sybille Dochtermann
Werner Fuetterer
Hildegard Hornauer
Christl Lazarus
Leila Negra as Singer
Karl Schaidler
Treska
Uno Myggan Ericson




References






Bibliography


Fenner, Angelica. Race under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi. University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Singer, Michael. Film Directors. Lone Eagle Publishing, 2002.




External links


Salto Mortale at IMDb

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• Erika Remberg
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• Salto Mortale (1953 film)
• E. A. Dupont
• Erika Remberg
• List of West German films of 1953
• Philip Dorn
• Karlheinz Böhm
• Margot Hielscher
• Theo Zwierski
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