Bravo Acrobat!
Scene from a film
GermanAkrobat Schööön!
Directed byWolfgang Staudte
Written byWolfgang Staudte
Produced byWerner Malbran
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byEva Kroll
Music byPaul Hühn
Friedrich Schröder
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 1 December 1943 (1943-12-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Bravo Acrobat! (German: Akrobat Schööön!) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Charlie Rivel, Clara Tabody, and Karl Schönböck. A circus clown rises to stardom. The film was loosely based on the Spanish-born Rivel's own life.[1]

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave.

Cast

  • Charlie Rivel as Charlie
  • Clara Tabody as Monika
  • Karl Schönböck as Orlando
  • Käthe Dyckhoff as Bibiana
  • Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Krause
  • Fritz Kampers as Roto
  • Werner Scharf as Fred Martoni
  • Einar Björling as Bruno Martoni
  • Nina Raven-Zoch as Lydia
  • Hans Junkermann as director
  • Henry Lorenzen as Secretary
  • Adolf Ziegler as theater director
  • Oskar Höcker as Stage master
  • Karl Kahlmann as Variete servant
  • Edgar Pauly as doorman
  • Hella Thornegg as property attendant
  • Klaus Puhlmann as Peter
  • Herta Worell as Mother
  • Walter Schramm-Duncker as man with bass voice
  • Karin Luesebrink as secretary #1
  • Ursula Herking as secretary #2
  • Rello Marlo as Artiste
  • Heinz Wemper as First stageworker
  • Armin Munch as Language instructor and first guest
  • Ruth Buchardt as Elegant lady
  • Karl Heinz Reichel as Assistant director
  • Heinz Denies as Monica's dancing partner
  • Jockel Stahl as Monica's dancing partner
  • Charly Berger as Theatre employee
  • Angelo Ferrari as Restaurant patron
  • Meta Weber as Charlie's maid
  • Bela Kremo

References

  1. Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press, 1969. p. 250.
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