Unbezähmbare Leni Peickert. Indomitable Leni Peickert. Hinrichtung eines Elefanten. Reformzirkus.
Notes:
Title from the container. Artists in the big top: perplexed: Hannelore Hoger, Curt Jurgens, Sigi Graue. Indomitable Leni Peickert: Hannelore Hoger, Bernd Hoeltz. "Eine Präsentation des Goethe-Instituts in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Filmmuseum München und mit Unterstützung der Kulturstiftung des Bundes"--Container. Originally produced as motion pictures in 1968 (Artists in the big top: perplexed) and 1970 (Indomitable Leni Pickett). Includes booklet with texts by Alexander Kluge in German and English. Presented in TV-Format (4:3).
Contents:
Disc 1. Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos = Artists in the big top: perplexed (100 min), 1968 -- Hinrichtung eines Elefanten (15 min.), 2000 -- Disc 2. Die unbezähmbare Leni Peickert = Indomitable Leni Peickert (33 min.), 1970 -- Reformzirkus (127 min.), 1970.
Summary:
Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos (Artists in the big top: Perplexed): Tells the story of a circus beset with financial woes. Leni, the director of a circus, has just lost her father in a trapeze accident. She tries to keep the circus out of debt and vows to continue the performances under the big top. Helped by a small and unexpected inheritance, Leni has high hopes of keeping the circus operating. She must decide if her dedication to the show is realistic or merely wishful thinking. Die unbezähmbare Leni Peickert (Indomitable Leni Peickert): Continues the drama above as Leni continues to pursue her activities to keep the circus afloat.
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