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Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed is a 1968 West German film written and directed by Alexander Kluge
. The film is made in a collage
style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus
whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger
), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema
movement.
at the Venice Film Festival
. The film was also selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 41st Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Alexander Kluge
Alexander Kluge is an author and film director.-Early life, education and early career:Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
. The film is made in a collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger
Hannelore Hoger
Hannelore Hoger is a German actress and director.- External links :...
), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema
New German Cinema
New German cinema is a period in German cinema which lasted from the late 1960s into the 1980s. It saw the emergence of a new generation of directors...
movement.
Cast
- Hannelore HogerHannelore HogerHannelore Hoger is a German actress and director.- External links :...
as Leni Peickert - Sigi Graue as Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue)
- Alfred Edel as Dr. Busch
- Bernd Höltz as Herr von Lueptow
- Eva Oertel as Gitti Bornemann
- Kurt Jürgens as Mackensen, Dompteur
- Gilbert Houcke as Houke, Dompteur
- Wanda Bronska-Pampuch as Frau Saizewa
- Herr Jobst as Impressario
- Hans-Ludger Schneider as Assessor Korti
- Klaus SchwarzkopfKlaus SchwarzkopfKlaus Schwarzkopf was a German actor. From 1971 until 1978 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort. Schwarzkopf was gay and his partner was the dancer Hubertus Moeller...
as Gerloff, Philologe
Awards
The film won the Golden LionGolden Lion
Il Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes...
at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
. The film was also selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 41st Academy Awards
41st Academy Awards
The 41st Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1969 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast worldwide. There was no host....
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
See also
- List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film