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Looping the Loop

Deutschland 1928 Spielfilm

Botto, a famous circus clown, is afraid of women since a beautiful girl he was in love with once made fun of him because of his profession. André, a young performer, is the complete opposite. He loves girls and has a girl friend called Hanna, who works at the circus, too. Then Botto meets Blanche, a middle-class girl. Blanche mistakes Hanna for Botto’s girl friend and breaks down. Botto finds her lying on the street and carries her home. Soon, Botto becomes a frequent guest at Blanche’s family’s house but pretends to be an engineer.

 

Several months later, Blanche goes to a show of the circus. She meets André who begins to court her. During the interval, Hanna and Blanche begin a fight over André. Then Blanche also starts a fight with Botto and leaves him. She is going to see André to work with him in a looping performance in a different city. But catastrophe strikes, and André falls from the trapeze. Botto, who found a job at the same circus, is able to save Blanche in his clown’s disguise. Overwhelmed, she confesses to him that she is in love with him no matter if he is an engineer or a clown.

Credits

Director

  • Artur Robison

Screenplay

  • Robert Reinert
  • Artur Robison
  • Robert Liebmann

Director of photography

  • Carl Hoffmann

Music

  • Artur Guttmann (1928)

Cast

  • Werner Krauß
    Clown Botto
  • Jenny Jugo
    Blanche Valette
  • Warwick Ward
    Artist André Melton
  • Gina Manès
    Kunstschützin Hanna
  • Siegfried Arno
    Hannas Partner Sigi
  • Max Gülstorff
    Blanches Verwandter
  • Lydia Potechina
    Blanches Verwandte
  • Julius von Szöreghy
    Agent
  • Harry Grunwald

Production company

  • Universum-Film AG (UFA) (Berlin)

Producer

  • Gregor Rabinowitsch

Alle Credits

Director

  • Artur Robison

Assistant director

  • Erich Holder

Screenplay

  • Robert Reinert
  • Artur Robison
  • Robert Liebmann

Director of photography

  • Carl Hoffmann

Production design

  • Robert Herlth
  • Walter Röhrig

Music

  • Artur Guttmann (1928)

Cast

  • Werner Krauß
    Clown Botto
  • Jenny Jugo
    Blanche Valette
  • Warwick Ward
    Artist André Melton
  • Gina Manès
    Kunstschützin Hanna
  • Siegfried Arno
    Hannas Partner Sigi
  • Max Gülstorff
    Blanches Verwandter
  • Lydia Potechina
    Blanches Verwandte
  • Julius von Szöreghy
    Agent
  • Harry Grunwald

Production company

  • Universum-Film AG (UFA) (Berlin)

Producer

  • Gregor Rabinowitsch

Location manager

  • Max Wogritsch

Original distributor

  • Parufamet GmbH (Berlin)

Shoot

    • Januar 1928 - Februar 1928: London
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.09.1928, Berlin, U.T. Universum

Titles

Additional titles
  • Untertitel Die Todesschleife
  • Originaltitel (DE) Looping the Loop

Versions

Original

Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 15.09.1928, Berlin, U.T. Universum

Prüffassung

Duration:
6 Akte, 3347 m
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 24.05.1928, B.19091, Jugendverbot

Duration:
8 Akte, 2958 m
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 02.08.1928, B.19627, Jugendverbot

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