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Alarm at the Circus

Alarm at the Circus

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 26, 1954

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

100%

Original Title

Alarm im Zirkus

Production Companies

DEFA

Director

Gerhard Klein

Description

Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penny in order to buy boxing gloves for training. Nevertheless, they cannot seem to save enough and so they let themselves be hired by the bartender Klott for a twisted scheme. However, Klaus overhears one of Klott's conversations and learns that Klott intends for the boys to steal horses from the East Berlin Barlay Circus, where Klaus recently made some good friends. Indignant, he sets out to stop the robbery—and an adventurous action story results.