Death of the Flea Circus Director

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Death of the Flea Circus Director (1975)

Directed by Thomas Koerfer

Drama · 1h 51m

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.

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Cast

François Simon Ottocaro Weiss
P
Paul Gogel Johannes Wagner
N
Norbert Schwientek Stephan Moosbrugger
J
Janine Weill Anja, artist
G
Gothard Dietrich Ringmaster Gerhard Dorfer Insurance agent
P
Peter Kner TV editor
W
Wolfgang Rottsieper Germanist

Crew

Director
Thomas Koerfer
Director of Photography
Renato Berta

Details

Original title
Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors
Release date
1975-03-19
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
French, German
Countries
France, Switzerland