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Alarm at the Circus

Aug 26, 1954 · 1h 23m
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Drama
Crime

PLOT

Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves for training. Nevertheless, they cannot seem to save enough and so they let themselves be hired by the bartender Klott for a twisted scheme. However, Klaus overhears one of Klott's conversations and learns that Klott intends for the boys to steal horses from the East Berlin Barlay Circus, where Klaus recently made some good friends. Indignant, he sets out to stop the robbery—and an adventurous action story results.

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CAST

Erwin Geschonneck
Klott
Hans Winter
Klaus
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Max
Ulrich Thein
Herbert
Jean Brahn
Zapfer
Uwe-Jens Pape
Karl Kendzia
Siegfried Weiß
Directed by Gerhard Klein

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Status
Released
Original language
DE
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Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Country
DE
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