Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

A young circus director ends up going into television after her father, a trapeze performer, dies in a circus accident.

Cast

Hannelore Hoger

as Leni Peickert

Sigi Graue

as Manfred Peickert

Alfred Edel

as Dr. Busch

Klaus Schwarzkopf

as Gerloff, Philologe

Bernd Höltz

as Herr von Lueptow

Kurt Jürgens

as Mackensen, Dompteur

Gilbert Houcke

as Dompteur Houke

Eva Oertel

as Gitti Bornemann

Hans-Ludger Schneider

as Assessor Korti

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