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The daughter of an innkeeper elopes with an acrobat who will eventually cut her tightrope out of jealousy.

London, summer 1914. Calvero, once a famous London stage clown is now a washed-up drunk. One day he saves his young neighbour and ex-dancer Theresa (« Terry ») from suicide and nurses her back to health. Terry having lost the use of her legs doesn’t enjoy life anymore. His doctor tells Calvero that her paralysis is mostly psychological. Theh old clown decides to bring his pretty neighbour enough renewed joy for her to walk again and regain her zest for life…

Several circus numbers, illustrated by three artists, František Tichý, Zdenek Seydl and Kamil Lhoták under the Trnka’s guidance.

Super Circus was an American television program which aired live on Sunday afternoons from 5 to 6PM Eastern time from 1949 to 1956 on ABC. Only 6 episodes were released to DVD in 2008 by Alpha Video.

A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.

Un jeune couple séparé doit cheminer à travers les mondes étonnants et extraordinaires du Cirque du Soleil pour se retrouver.

A young man finds himself fascinated by circus and more specifically by the art of clowning.

A crippled trapeze aerialist and former star, disabled after a fall, agrees to climb back on a trapeze to teach a young man the triple somersault.

French TV show produced by Gilles Margaritis and dedicated to circus, recorded mostly in the Paris Cirque d’hiver and broadcasted every Wednesday evening on RTF Television, then on ORTF first channel (March 11, 1954 – December 1974) then on Antenne 2 (January 1975 – October 29, 1978). Presented in the prestigious Paris Cirque d’hiver, the show was directed by Pierre Tchernia and hosted by Michel Francini, then by 1965-1978 ringmaster Roger Lanzac. La Piste aux étoiles presented a lot of circus artists each week, accompanied by Bernard Hilda’s big orchestra.

In 1910, a traveling circus comes to a small German town. The director, known as Sacha Obolski, is manufacturer of garden gnomes Albert Oberholzer’s brother, vanished 20 years before. Born Alexander Oberholzer, the black sheep of the family is back to celebrate his brother’s birthday. The disconcerted petits bourgeois meet his charming wife Iduna, who sings a song in tribute to her father, a renowned clown. She turns the head of the brothers-in-law, honest husbands for that matter, which is bound to create conflicts…