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Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos
Directed by	Alexander Kluge
Starring	Hannelore Hoger
Release date(s)	September, 1968 (premiere at VFF) 29 October 1968
Running time	104 mins
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos ("The Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed") is a 1968 German film directed by Alexander Kluge. The film is made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni (Hannelore Hoger), must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement.^[1]

The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Notes

1. ^ David Bordwell and Kriston Thompson, Film History: An Introduction, 2e (McGraw Hill, 2003), p. 573.

External links

• Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos at the Internet Movie Database

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