The Clown

The Clown

1976

1h 51m

5.7

5.7/10

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Drama

Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies

Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer MFG-Film

Production Countries

Germany

Spoken Languages

German

Quick Facts

Original Title	Ansichten eines Clowns
Release Date	January 14, 1976
Status	Released
Language	DE
IMDb ID	tt0072650

Cast

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Hans Schnier

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Marie

Eva Maria Meineke

Eva Maria Meineke

The Mother

Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech

Derkum

Jan Niklas

Jan Niklas

Leo, Hans’ Bruder

Helga Anders

Helga Anders

Sabine

Rainer Basedow

Rainer Basedow

Zohnerer, Schniers Agent

Claudia Butenuth

Claudia Butenuth

Monika Silvs

Dirk Dautzenberg

Dirk Dautzenberg

Herr Silvs

Gustav Rudolf Sellner

Gustav Rudolf Sellner

Alexander May

Alexander May

Ben Hecker

Key Crew

Vojtěch Jasný

Director

Vojtěch Jasný

Screenplay

Maximilian Schell

Producer

Heinz Angermeyer

Producer

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