Circus Renz

This article describes the German feature film; for the circus of the same name, see Circus Renz .

Movie
Original title	Circus Renz
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1943
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
script	Roland Betsch , Otto Ernst Hesse
production	Walter Tost for Terra Filmkunst
music	Albert Fischer
camera	Willy Winterstein
cut	Gertrud Hinz
occupation
René Deltgen : Ernst Jakob Renz Paul Klinger : Harms, artist Angelika Hauff : Bettina Althoff, artist Alice Treff : Mrs. von Grunau Fritz Odemar : Herr von Grunau, your husband Herbert Hübner : Circus director Déjean Ernst Waldow : Police advisor Bastian Lotte Spira : his wife Werner Pledath : the king Rudolf Schündler : Ernst Litfaß Willi Rose : Schwenz Gunnar Möller : Willi, the baker's boy Gert Witt : cobbler boy Karl Gerhard Dammann : Policeman Klemke Adolf Fischer : first artist Walter Steinweg : second artist Charlotte Schultz : Countess Ziegenreuth Hildegard Grethe : Countess Geiersberg Eduard Wenck : scorer Hans Waschatko : von Arnem, adjutant to the king Klaus Pohl : Bear guide Stefan Kurt Hagen : Chamberlain Dostler Angelo Ferrari : a courtier Renate Mannhardt : Artist at Renz Ernst Stimmel : circus doctor Egon Vogel : singing reveler in the pub Willy Kaiser-Heyl : a lackey

Circus Renz is a German feature film from 1943 with René Deltgen . Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt .

action

When the bear leader Stefan dies in a dispute between some spectators and circus people in a village square, the traveling people have to leave the place. The artists Renz and Harms then take Stefan's now orphaned granddaughter Bettina with them and under their wing. Their destination is Berlin, where the two artists want to make it big. But the French Circus Déjean has already established itself there. Unlike Renz's mocked and ridiculed small troop, Déjean is also respected by the city's dignitaries. However, Ms. von Grunau recognized the potential of the small group and persuaded her husband to leave Renz six Arab white horses. Renz, Harms and Bettina then train with the noble horses in order to put together a unique dressage number.

Success quickly sets in, much to Déjean's displeasure. In order not to be dependent on the weather any longer, the horse number should no longer be presented in the open air. Renz is therefore planning to construct a large circus tent that can be set up and dismantled at any time. You can also go hiking with it. In addition to professional problems, Bettina, who has grown into a pretty young woman, has become a reason for disputes between the competing Renz and Harms. Although both once gave each other the word not to let a quarrel arise because of her, both men begin to be more and more interested in her. In a doggedly fought wrestling match listed as part of the program, nobody wants to lose in front of Bettina's eyes. When Harms is still subject to Renz, he leaves the circus disappointed.

Competitor Déjean happily welcomes him. Soon a real duel for the public's favor develops between the German and the French establishment. Bettina, who sees herself firmly by Renz's side, seizes the opportunity and shows Harms at one of his performances in the Déjean circus. Harms then also leaves this circus bitter. Renz has now founded a permanent establishment, the Renz Circus. However, he was seriously injured during rehearsals for the premiere. Bettina finds Harms and asks him for help. After some back and forth, as a result of which they both admit their love, he returns to the Renz circus and saves the premiere performance.

Production notes

Filming began on February 24, 1943 and ended at the beginning of June of the same year with the studio shooting. The film premiered on September 10, 1943 in Berlin at the UFA-Palast am Zoo .

Circus Renz , which deals relatively freely with the historical facts about the founder of the circus, Ernst Jakob Renz , was awarded the Nazi rating “artistically valuable” and “popularly valuable”.

Angelika Hauff , who played the leading female role here in her first film role, was injured while shooting outside in Breslau . During the turbulent fairground scenes, the bear that was present got so furious that he attacked the 21-year-old artist and inflicted wounds in the process.

The film is one of the most commercially successful productions of the Third Reich. It cost 2,149,000 Reichsmarks, but after just eight months of playing by May 1944, it was already 5,755,000 RM in the box office.

The film structures were designed by Ernst H. Albrecht , the costumes were by Reingard Voigt. Ernst-Otto Hoppe provided the sound.

During the war, in March 1944, the film was also shown in the Netherlands and Denmark . The international distribution title was mostly Circus Renz .

criticism

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: "The most carefully and most attractively made of comparable German circus films of the 30s and 40s, with an authentic contemporary color, tension and atmosphere."

The film's large dictionary of people reminded us that Rabenalt's Renz Circus was "one of his most famous and popular productions ever".

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Circus Renz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Circus Renz at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme, 12th year 1942/43, p. 246, Berlin 2001
2. ↑ ibid., P. 245 f.
3. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des Internationale Films Volume 1, p. 551. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
4. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 381.