Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos

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Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos
Directed by Alexander Kluge
Starring Hannelore Hoger
Release date(s) Flag of Italy September, 1968 (premiere at VFF)
Flag of West Germany 29 October 1968
Running time 104 mins
Country West Germany
Language German
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Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos ("The Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed") is a 1968 German film directed by Alexander Kluge. The film is made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement.[1]

The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ David Bordwell and Kriston Thompson, Film History: An Introduction, 2e (McGraw Hill, 2003), p. 573.
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Preceded by
Belle de jour
Golden Lion winner
1968
Succeeded by
No awards 1969-1979
Atlantic City tied with Gloria (1980)