Bravo Acrobat!

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Bravo Acrobat!
Bravo Acrobat!.jpg
Scene from a film
German Akrobat Schööön!
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Written byWolfgang Staudte
Produced byWerner Malbran
Starring
Cinematography Georg 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]

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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.

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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.