Death of the Flea Circus Director

Mar 19, 1975

1h 51m

★ 6.6

Overview

With the help of his assistant Anja, Ottocaro Weiss intends to put the plague on stage: circumstances beyond his control and a lack of fresh talent have forced him to close down his flea circus. For Weiss, the plague means the «extinction of everything that makes life miserable and low and freedom along with it. Unbeknownst to him, he has won the support of a patron who is of the exact opposite opinion: for Johannes Wagner, the plague is an organising principle, and, aided by his agent Moosbrugger, he is able to smuggle a new number onto the programme. Whereas Ottocaro Weiss means to represent the plague theatrically, what appears on stage is the scientific reality of the rat-borne infestation.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Ottocaro Weiss

François Simon

Johannes Wagner

Paul Gogel

Stephan Moosbrugger

Norbert Schwientek

Anja, artist

Janine Weill

Ringmaster

Gothard Dietrich

Insurance agent

Gerhard Dorfer

TV editor

Peter Kner

Germanist

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