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The Clown (1976)

The Clown

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1h 51m

Drama

January 14th, 1976

6.6/10

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Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.

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Cast

Helmut Griem
Hans Schnier
Hanna Schygulla
Marie
Eva Maria Meineke
The Mother
Hans Christian Blech
Derkum
Gustav Rudolf Sellner
The Father
Alexander May
Sommerwild
Jan Niklas
Leo Schnier
Rainer Basedow
Zohnerer
Helga Anders
Sabine Emonds
Claudia Butenuth
Monika
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Directors

Vojtech Jasný
Full cast & crew

Producers

Heinz Angermeyer
producer
Maximilian Schell
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Heinrich Böll
novel
Vojtech Jasný
Full cast & crew

Keywords

based on novel
social criticism

Country of Origin

Germany

Languages

German

Release Dates

March 31st, 1978 (Denmark)
December 2nd, 1977 (Finland)
November 29th, 1978 (France)
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Alternative Titles

Ansichten eines Clowns (original title)
En klovns ansigt (Denmark)
Erään ilveilijän iltapäivä (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (location)

Running Times

111 min (Germany)

Sound Mixes

Mono

Production Companies

Filmaufbau
MFG-Film
Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer
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Distribution Companies

Kamras Film Agency (Finland)
Constantin Film (Germany)
Filmjuwelen (Germany)
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