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Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed is a 1968 West German film written and 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, 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.

Cast
Hannelore Hoger as Leni Peickert • as Manfred Peickert (as Siegfried Graue) • as Dr. Busch • Bernd Höltz as Herr von Lueptow • Eva Oertel as Gitti Bornemann • Kurt Jürgens as Mackensen, Dompteur • Gilbert Houcke as Houke, Dompteur • Wanda Bronska-Pampuch as Frau Saizewa • Herr Jobst as Impresario • Hans-Ludger Schneider as Assessor Korti • Klaus Schwarzkopf as Gerloff, Philologe ==Awards==
Awards
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film was also selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ==See also==
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