Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos, Die (1968)

Director:

Alexander Kluge

Writer:

Alexander Kluge (writer)

Release Date:

29 October 1968 (West Germany)

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Circus

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Hannelore Hoger	...	Leni Peickert
Sigi Graue	...	Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue)
Alfred Edel	...	Dr. Busch
Bernd Höltz	...	Herr von Lueptow
Eva Oertel	...	Gitti Bornemann
Kurt Jürgens	...	Mackensen, Dompteur
Gilbert Houcke	...	Houke, Dompteur
Wanda Bronska-Pampuch	...	Frau Saizewa
Herr Jobst	...	Impressario
Hans-Ludger Schneider	...	Assessor Korti
Klaus Schwarzkopf	...	Gerloff, Philologe
Nils von der Heyde	...	Arbogast, Pressechef
Marie Luise Dutoit	...	Schweiter Aristin
Peter Staimmer	...	Perry Woodcock
Theodor Hoffa	...	Monokelträger
Maximiliane Mainka	...	Clown
Ingeborg Pressler	...	Clown
Oimel Mai	...	Joe Willkins, Dramaturg
Tilde Trommler	...	Lotte Losemeyer
Inge Binder	...	Fadil Sojkowski
Ina Gierth	...	Journalistin

Directed by
Alexander Kluge

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alexander Kluge		writer

Produced by
Alexander Kluge	....	producer

Cinematography by
Guenter Hoermann
Thomas Mauch

Film Editing by
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Production Management
Bernd Höltz	....	unit manager
Ingeborg Pressler	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dagmar Klaiber	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bernd Höltz	....	sound
Hansjörg Wicha	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Dietrich Lohmann	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Maximiliane Mainka	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Dagmar Klaiber	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Kairos-Film

Distributors

• Constantin Film (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Edition Filmmuseum (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed (International: English title)
The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min | USA:103 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany

Company:

Kairos-Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hivernam (2002)

no entertainment, politics instead

For people who think that film has to be an entertainment and there's no other possibility for the film language, this movie can be really boring and disappointing. However, for the ones who think that films can question and make us rethink our preconceptions and the ethics of today's society, it can be very interesting, and so can other Alexander Kluge's films. It's so easy to sit and watch a Hollywood-like all-the-time-the-same-old-bulls*** film and leave the movie theater all satisfied and thinking that life is perfect because the threaten was beaten by the great hero. And it is so difficult to stop and bother our notion of time and think about how fake, stupid and paradoxical this society can be. I guess that for the ones who want to get out of this Plato's cave movies like "Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos" and "Die Macht der Gefühle" are really worth seeing.