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| Directed by | Victor Janson |
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| Music by | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
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| Distributed by | Aafa-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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The Circus Princess (German : Die Zirkusprinzessin) is a 1929 German silent film directed by Victor Janson. It is an adaptation of the operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin . [1] It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Botho Hoefer and Hans Minzloff
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