What is Alarm in the Circus?
{{Infobox film | name = Alarm in the Circus | image = | caption = | director = [[Gerhard Klein]] | producer =Paul Ramacher | writer = {{ubl|[[Wolfgang Kohlhaase]]|[[Hans Kubisch]]}} | starring = [[Erwin Geschonneck]] | music = Günter Klück | cinematography = Werner Bergmann | editing = Ursula Kahlbaum | studio = [[DEFA]] | distributor = [[Progress Film]] | released = {{film date|1954|8|27|df=y}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = [[East Germany]] | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Alarm in the Circus''''' ({{lang-de|'''Alarm im Zirkus'''}}) is an [[East Germany|East German]] crime movie. It was directed by [[Gerhard Klein]]. It was released in 1954. ==Cast== * [[Erwin Geschonneck]] as Klott * [[Uwe-Jens Pape]] as Jimmy * [[Karl Kendzia]] as Batta * [[Ulrich Thein]] as Herbert * [[Hans Winter]] as Klaus * [[Ernst-Georg Schwill]] as Max * Gertrud Keller as Helli * [[Annelise Matschulat]] as Mrs. Weigel * [[Siegfried Weiß (actor)|Siegfried Weiß]] as Hepfield * [[Peter Dornseif]] as Police officer * [[Günther Haack]] as Catcher * [[Horst Giese]] as uncredited role ==Reception== ''Alarm in the Circus'' had 3.6 million watches in 1954. It was the biggest grossing East German movie that year.<ref>''[http://www.progress-film.de/de/filmarchiv/film.php?id=26 Alarm in the Circus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725135817/http://www.progress-film.de/de/filmarchiv/film.php?id=26 |date=2011-07-25 }}'' on PROGRESS' website.</ref> It sold 5,515,078 [[Ticket (admission)|tickets]] in total.<ref>[http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.]</ref> Klein and Kohlhaase both won the [[National Prize of East Germany|National Prize]], 3rd degree, for their work on the movie.<ref>''[http://www.defa-stiftung.de/cms/(S(1qiliqa050alnd55luh3mh45))/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=412&FilmID=Q6UJ9A002KF9 Alarm in the Circus] {{Webarchive|url=ht