Film

Death of the Flea Circus Director

6.5

1h 51m

1975

Synopsis

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.

Director

Thomas Koerfer

Drama

based on play or musicalplaguebubonic plagueflea circus

Cast & Crew

François Simon

as Ottocaro Weiss

Paul Gogel

as Johannes Wagner

Norbert Schwientek

as Stephan Moosbrugger

Janine Weill

as Anja, artist

Gothard Dietrich

as Ringmaster

Gerhard Dorfer

as Insurance agent

Peter Kner

as TV editor

Wolfgang Rottsieper

as Germanist

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