1949 film by Helmut Weiss
Tromba is a 1949 thriller film co-written and directed by Helmut Weiss and starring René Deltgen , Angelika Hauff and Gustav Knuth . It is a circus film with elements of film noir . It was one of the most popular West German films of the year, suggesting audiences appreciated a shift away from rubble films . It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by art director Ernst H. Albrecht . The film was released in the United States in 1952 as Tromba: the Tiger Man by Lippert Pictures .
Cast
René Deltgen as Kurt Tromba, Tigerdompteur
Angelika Hauff as Ola Orlando, Trapezkünstlerin
Gustav Knuth as Ernesto Spadoli, Artist
Hilde Weissner as Teresa Kronbeck, Zirkusdirektorin
Gardy Granass as Gardy Kronbeck, Sportstudentin
Grethe Weiser as Cläre Vets, ehemalige Schulreiterin
Adrian Hoven as Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent
Carl Wery as Eric Jensen, Zirkusregisseur
Hans Böhme as Olaf Orlando, Artist
Dieter von der Recke as Alfons Orlando, Artist
Jürgen Richter as Andy Orlando
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim (2005). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s . Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2 .
Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir . Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0 .
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