A European circus troupe’s attempt to flee Czechoslovakia. Fredric March, Gloria Grahame. Joe: Cameron Mitchell. Fesker: Adolphe Menjou. Tereza: Terry Moore. A compelling, offbeat film, strikingly directed by Elia Kazan., Cold War drama starring Fredric March as a circus owner behind the Iron Curtain who is determined to engineer a situation so he and his employees can escape to the West., Elia Kazan directed this drama inspired by a true story. Karel Cernik (Fredric March) is the leader of a troupe of Czechoslovakian circus performers who have been plying their trade in Eastern Europe for years. When Czechoslovakia falls under Communist rule, the proud and independent Cernik finds that he is no longer free to operate his circus as he sees fit. Many of his performers are conscripted into military service, and his equipment and possessions are declared government property, though the state fails to maintain it properly, or even to give him access to the material to fix it himself. Finally, when Cernik’s remaining performers are ordered to insert pro-Communist messages into their acts, he decides that he can take no more and begins making plans to escape to Bavaria during an upcoming tour. Cernik’s plans hit a snag, however, when he learns that one of his performers is a spy for the Czech communists, working in collusion with government factotum Fesker (Adolphe Menjou). While politics are making a mess of his professional life, his daughter Tereza (Terry Moore) is complicating matters at home because of her romance with the handsome but unreliable lion tamer Joe Vosdek (Cameron Mitchell), much to the chagrin of both Karel and his wife Zama (Gloria Grahame). The Birnbach Circus troupe, along with a variety of other European carnival performers, appear as themselves in this film, lending the performances a keen authenticity.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Man on a Tightrope ” ?
A: The main cast includes Fredric March,Gloria Grahame,Terry Moore,Cameron Mitchell,Adolphe Menjou,Robert Beatty,Alexander D’Arcy,Richard Boone,Pat Henning,Paul Hartman,John Dehner,Mme. Brumbach,Hansi,Phil Kenneally,Dorothea Wieck,Philip Kenneally,Edelweiss Malchin,William Castello,Margaret Slezak,Peter Beauvais,Robert Charlebois,Gert Fröbe,Rolf van Naukhoff,Robert E. Sherwood,Gerd Oswald,Ursula Maes,Fritz Seyfried,Theo Zwiersky,Dorothy Spencer,Georg Krause,Franz Waxman,Neil Paterson,Hans Kuhnert,Arthur Schramm.
Q: When Did the “Man on a Tightrope” Released?
A: The Movie “Man on a Tightrope” originally aired on 1953-06-29 and released in the year of 1953.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Man on a Tightrope” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Man on a Tightrope” ?
A: “Man on a Tightrope” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
