Farewell Mister Grock
Farewell Mister Grock (French: Au revoir M. Grock, German: Manege frei) is a 1950 French-West German comedy drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Grock, Suzy Prim and Charles Lemontier. It is in the tradition of circus films. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris and on location at the Cirque Medrano and the Théâtre Pigalle in the city as well as around Lake Constance on the Swiss-German border. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Serge Piménoff. It is also known by the alternative title Clear the Ring.

Synopsis
The film serves a biopic of the career of the circus clown Adrien Wettach, known by his stage name of Grock, who plays himself against the backdrop of the wars and upheavals of the twentieth century. His interactions with the admiring Russian Countess Barinoff are also portrayed.

Cast 
 Grock as Adrien Wettach, alias Grock
 Suzy Prim as  Countess Barinoff
 Charles Lemontier as  Mr Durand
 Héléna Manson as Aunt Pauline
 Maurice Regamey as  Bourquaint
 Nadine Rousseau as  Miss Wettach
 Georges Chamarat as 	Le pere Wattach
 Marcel Pérès as  Fracassa 
 Monique Marquenet as Adélaïde
 Made Siamé as  a waitress
 Louis de Funès as  a spectator
 Alexandre Mihalesco as Le clown Auguste
 Ted Rémy as 	Adrien
 Henry Cassidy as Self
 Peter Graham as Lord Peter
 Axel Scholtz as 	Kurt Heller
 Jean-Jacques Domenge as 	Jeannot
 Paul Oettly as Wittzec
 Philipp Gruß as Roberto Wittez / Wetzel 
 Camille Gari as 	Roberta
 Alfonso Bovino as  Italian child

References

Bibliography
 Ainsworth, Adam, Double, Oliver & Peacock, Louise. Popular Performance. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
 Cullen, Frank, Hackman, Florence & McNeilly, Donald. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press, 2007.

External links 
 
 Au revoir M. Grock (1950) at the Films de France

1950 films
1950 comedy-drama films
French comedy-drama films
West German films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Pierre Billon
Circus films
1950s French films
Films shot at Francoeur Studios
Films shot in Paris