Circus Life
Circus themed films usually provides a thrilling drama. The relatively obscure "Schatten der Manege" provides just what you'd expect. Doing the trapeze act angle, combining it with romance and jealousy for a darker plot, it has a lot of the right the ingredients. Does have moments where it spends too long of circus footage, which ruins some of the pacing, but otherwise a fine circus flick.
Cast
Liane Haid
as Elvira Starke, Zirkusdirektrice
Trude Berliner
as Kitty Rallay
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Luftakrobat
Walter Rilla
as Morini. Kunstschütze
Rolf von Goth
as Fred Rallay
Valy Arnheim
as Sprechstallmeister
Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger
as Chef der Mordkommission
Oskar Marion
as Oskar Haupt
Hermann Picha
as Eduardo
Ellen Plessow
as