Truxa

Truxa
Directed by Hans H. Zerlett
Produced by Karl Julius Fritzsche
Written by Heinrich Seiler (novel)
Hans H. Zerlett
Starring La Jana
Hannes Stelzer
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Mady Rahl
Music by Leo Leux
Matthias Perl
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by Walter Fredersdorf
Production
company
Distributed by Europa Film
Release date
 19 January 1937
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Truxa is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring La Jana, Hannes Stelzer and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It is a Circus film, based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. The film was released in the United States and was one of the most successful German films show in America that year.[1]

It was remade in Britain the following year as Star of the Circus.

Partial cast

  • La Jana as Yester, Tänzerin
  • Hannes Stelzer as Husen, Drahtseilkünstler
  • Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Garvin, Illusionist
  • Mady Rahl as Hilde, Garvins Assistentin
  • Peter Elsholtz as Truxa, Artist
  • Rudi Godden as Peters, Inspizient
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Varieté-Direktor
  • Eva Tinschmann as Frau Schilp
  • Hedi Höpfner as 1. Tänzerin
  • Margot Höpfner as 2. Tänzerin
  • Erwin Biegel as Pipo, Clown
  • Curt Lucas as Jimmy, Garvins Assistenz
  • Bertold Reissig as Bühnenportier
  • Alfred Stratmann as Nachtwächter
  • Hermann Pfeiffer as Varieté-Agent
  • Marie Sera as Therese, Yesters Gardrobiere
  • Barbara Galloni as Sekretärin
  • Fritz Linn as Theaterarzt
  • Edgard Eitner as Drahtseilartist
  • Julius Eckhoff as Varieté-Künstler
  • Curt Cappi as Kellner
  • Karin Luesebrink as Nummerngirl
  • Hans Söhnker as Chef einer Tanzgrippe

References

  1. ↑ Waldman p.152

Bibliography

  • O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Boydell & Brewer, 2006.
  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company, 2008.
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