Man on a Tightrope(Movie, 1953)

Name: Man on a Tightrope
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1953
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.2

1h 45min | Genres: Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

Man on a Tightrope is a 1953 American drama directed by Elia Kazan, starring Fredric March, Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood was based on a 1952 novel of the same title by Neil Paterson. Paterson based his true story, which first appeared as the magazine novelette International Incident, on the escape of the Circus Brumbach from East Germany in 1950. Members of the Circus Brumbach appeared in the film version in both character roles and as extras. The film was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. ()

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Elia Kazan's 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him. The cast also includes Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Boone and Adolphe Menjou.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Germany

Made by: 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 05/21/1953

Cast: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Paul Hartman, Richard Boone, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Beatty, Alexander D'Arcy, John Dehner, Gert Fröbe, Peter Beauvais, Dorothea Wieck

Director: Elia Kazan

Producer: Gerd Oswald, Robert L. Jacks

Screenwriter: Robert E. Sherwood

Film Editor: Dorothy Spencer

Director of Photography: Georg Krause

Composer: Franz Waxman

Keywords: black and white, czech, communism, circus, defection

Budget: 1,200,000 USD

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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