The quiet life of an extended family is shaken up when a circus comes into town.
Acting
Romy Schneider's early star power shines through the ensemble.
Costume
Circus flair collides with bourgeois respectability — visual comedy gold.
Director
Kurt Hoffmann
Lilli Palmer
Iduna
Karl Schönböck
Alexander Oberholzer
Romy Schneider
Anna Oberholzer
Claus Biederstaedt
Robert
Werner Hinz
Albert Oberholzer
Rudolf Vogel
Onkel Gustav
Margarete Haagen
Kathi
Ernst Waldow
Onkel Wilhelm
Käthe Haack
Karoline Oberholzer
Lina Carstens
Tante Paula
Liesl Karlstadt
Tante Berta
Michl Lang
Onkel Fritz
Tatjana Sais
Madame Sperling
Willy Reichert
Bahnhofsvorsteher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1950s German 'Heimatfilm' wave — cozy rural fantasies that helped postwar audiences avoid confronting recent history.
Romy Schneider was only 16 during filming, already commanding scenes opposite established stars like Lilli Palmer.
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