Death of the Flea Circus Director poster
Basic Info
Release: March 19, 1975
Runtime: 111 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (4 votes)
Status: Released

Death of the Flea Circus Director

1975 111 min ⭐ 6.5/10 4 votes
Overview

With the help of his assistant Anja, Ottocaro Weiss intends to put the plague on stage: circumstances beyond his control and a lack of fresh talent have forced him to close down his flea circus. For Weiss, the plague means the «extinction of everything that makes life miserable and low and freedom along with it. Unbeknownst to him, he has won the support of a patron who is of the exact opposite opinion: for Johannes Wagner, the plague is an organising principle, and, aided by his agent Moosbrugger, he is able to smuggle a new number onto the programme. Whereas Ottocaro Weiss means to represent the plague theatrically, what appears on stage is the scientific reality of the rat-borne infestation.

Genres
Drama
Production Countries
  • France
  • Switzerland
Spoken Languages
  • French fr
  • German de

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Cast
François Simon
François Simon
Ottocaro Weiss
Paul Gogel
Johannes Wagner
Norbert Schwientek
Stephan Moosbrugger
Janine Weill
Anja, artist
Gothard Dietrich
Ringmaster
Gerhard Dorfer
Gerhard Dorfer
Insurance agent
Peter Kner
TV editor
Wolfgang Rottsieper
Germanist
Crew
Thomas Koerfer
Thomas Koerfer
Director
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