Death of the Flea Circus Director

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Death of the Flea Circus Director

With the help of his assistant Anja, Ottocaro Weiss intends to put the plague on stage: circumstances beyond his control and a lack of fresh talent have forced him to close down his flea circus. For Weiss, the plague means the «extinction of everything that makes life miserable and low and freedom along with it. Unbeknownst to him, he has won the support of a patron who is of the exact opposite opinion: for Johannes Wagner, the plague is an organising principle, and, aided by his agent Moosbrugger, he is able to smuggle a new number onto the programme. Whereas Ottocaro Weiss means to represent the plague theatrically, what appears on stage is the scientific reality of the rat-borne infestation.

Original Title

Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors

Release Date

1975-03-19

Year

1975

Duration

1h 51m

Status

Released

Score

6.50

Genres

#based-on-play-or-musical#plague#bubonic-plague#flea-circus

Cast

François Simon

François Simon

Ottocaro Weiss

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Paul Gogel

Johannes Wagner

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Norbert Schwientek

Stephan Moosbrugger

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Janine Weill

Anja, artist

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Gothard Dietrich

Ringmaster

Gerhard Dorfer

Gerhard Dorfer

Insurance agent

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Peter Kner

TV editor

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Wolfgang Rottsieper

Germanist