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Star of the Circus is a British film of genre Drama directed by Albert de Courville with Otto Kruger
Star of the Circus (1938)
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Directed by Albert de Courville
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films
Rating54%
Star of the Circus is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael and John Clements. It is a remake of the 1937 German circus film Truxa, itself based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. It was made at Elstree Studios.
Actors
Otto Kruger
(Garvin)
Gertrude Michael
(Yester)
John Clements
(Paul Houston)
Patrick Barr
(Truxa)
Barbara Blair
(Hilda)
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