Circus Renz (1943 film)

Circus Renz
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Roland Betsch Otto Ernst Hesse
Produced by	Alf Teichs
Starring	René Deltgen Paul Klinger Angelika Hauff Alice Treff
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Albert Fischer
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	10 September 1943
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Circus Renz (German: Zirkus Renz) is a 1943 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Paul Klinger and Angelika Hauff. It is a circus film, made as a deliberately escapist release at a time when the Second World War was starting to turn against Germany and its allies. The film takes its title from the real Circus Renz.

Partial cast

• René Deltgen as Ernst Renz
• Paul Klinger as Harms
• Angelika Hauff as Bettina Althoff
• Alice Treff as Frau von Grunau
• Fritz Odemar as Herr von Grunau
• Herbert Hübner as Zirkuskönig Déjean
• Willi Rose as Schwenz
• Ernst Waldow as Polizseirat Bastian
• Werner Pledath as König
• Rudolf Schündler as Litfaß
• Gunnar Möller as Willi, Bäckerjunge
• Gert Witt as Karl, Schusterjunge

Bibliography

• Ross, Corey. Media and the Making of Modern Germany: Mass Communications, Society, and Politics from the Empire to the Third Reich. Oxford University Press, 2008.

External links

• Circus Renz at IMDb