Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope
1953
★★★☆☆ 6.5/10
⏱️ 105 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaThriller
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.

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Director
Elia Kazan
Writer
Neil Paterson, Robert E. Sherwood
Producer
Robert L. Jacks

Production

20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film

Keywords

circusiron curtainczechoslovakiaanti-communismblack and whitedefectioncommunismcircus troupeescape plancold war era