A family of aerialists decides to go after the $250,000 prize being offered to any group that can execute a complicated trapeze maneuver. However, personal dramas and financial difficulties soon threaten to overtake the flyers' pursuit of the elusive quadruple somersault. The film received a Robert Award as the best Danish film of 1985.
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Karmen Atias as Miranda
Senta Berger as Nina Rosta
Warren Clarke as Arno
Erik Clausen as Horst Kupka
Ole Ernst as Erik
Erland Josephson as Oscar
Trevor Laird as Sepp
Mario David as Lazlo Hart
Jean-Marc Montel as Max
Pete Lee-Wilson as Mory Ventura
Margaretha Krook as Hildegarde Altenburg
Guy Godefroy as Jacques Gavin jr.
Nadeem Razaq Janjau as Mischa
Fred Gärtner as Heinz von Rosen
Jutta Richter-Haser as Gabriella
Ole Ernst as Festdeltager
Denmark 16 August 1985
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01 December 1951
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16 September 1932
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
04 August 2001
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01 December 1959
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27 February 1932
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06 December 1967
While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people.
05 July 1959
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
03 June 1947
A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.
25 June 1964
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03 October 1928
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13 September 1943
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01 January 1985
One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology.
31 December 1985
A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'.
01 January 1985
Conceptual-structural film by Branko Karabatić exploring media and television.
22 November 1985
London Bridge, London, England, 1888: Jack the Ripper dies in the Thames river. London Bridge, Lake Havasu, Arizona, 1985: the last original stone used to rebuild London Bridge is laid and all the city is happy.
01 January 1985
A boy sees his parents gunned by criminals due to unpaid debts. Twenty years later, the boy, Mark Quinn, has become a hard-hitting cop, the kind that hates criminal scum, bending the rules to catch those criminals and drive them to despair.
16 May 1985
A story about a man who has lots of different women and families.
01 January 1985
Performance clips and biographical anecdotes from the life of Spalding Gray.
24 December 1985
Roberto Razzi, skeptical and convinced atheist, is the conductor of the Futuro program, in which he unmasks the most common tricks and deceptions that make the miracle cry out to everyone.
11 February 1985
A comedy written and Narrated by Jean Shepherd. The story involves several different events such as Ralph's first serious romance with his new neighbor, Randy playing a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play, The Old Man setting his sights on a yellow buick and the High School basketball rival game of the season.
07 August 1985
Fact and fiction are mingled in this mockumentary about the career of music parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic.
01 January 1985
A 17-year-old girl refuses medical treatment that will prolong her life due to religious convictions.
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