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7.2/10
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A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
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Alexander D'Arcy
- Rudolph
- (as Alex D'Arcy)
Peter Beauvais
- Secret Police Captain
- (uncredited)
Mme. Brumbach
- Mme. Cernik
- (uncredited)
Willy Castello
- Captain
- (uncredited)
Gert Fröbe
- Police Agent
- (uncredited)
Philip Kenneally
- The Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Edelweiß Malchin
- Konradine
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaKarel Cernik mentions the train that broke through the Czech border into West Germany. That happened on September 11, 1951.
- GoofsWhen Fredric March is being interrogated, the inkwell in front of him is uncovered, when the camera switches between him and his interrogator, the inkwell's cover is on.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Dana Delaney (2021)
- SoundtracksThe Moldau
(uncredited)
from "Ma Vlast (My Country)"
Music by Bedrich Smetana
Arranged by Franz Waxman and Earle Hagen
Played during circus sequences by a band and as background music by the orchestra several times, during the opening credits as a circus march, and in the film's final musical cue by the upper strings over the circus march.
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Has some strikingly well-directed scenes
Kazan, in his "A Life", describes this movie mostly in terms of early-morning bonding with his crew, but while it contains far fewer emotional lightning-bolts than most Kazan films, it also contains some incredibly poetic violence. Even though it's hard to tell if it's just hastily staged or artistically muted, one shot of a sentry being killed just below the screen is both intimate and shielding. The battle scenes are exciting, short, and brilliant. Kazan takes no credit at all, saying that much of the film was devised by producer Gerd Oswald and cinematographer Georg Kraus. Strange and sparse, this is a very interesting film.
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- International Incident
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- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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