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Carnival Story

Carnival Story

1954Movie⏱️ 1h 35mApproved
Drama
5.7
IMDB Rating
756 votes

An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.

Director
Kurt Neumann
Writers
Hans Jacoby, Kurt Neumann, Marcy Klauber
Stars
Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger
Release Date
April 16, 1954
Language
English, German
Country
West Germany, United States
💬 31
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter
as Willi
Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran
as Joe Hammond
Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger
as Frank Colloni
George Nader
George Nader
as Bill Vines
Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen
as Charley Grayson
Helene Stanley
Helene Stanley
as Peggy
Ady Berber
Ady Berber
as Groppo the Wildman
👤
Amalie Lindinger
as The Fat Lady
👤
Ly Maria
as The Snake Lady
👤
Jacob Möslacher
as Self - Interpreter

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Filming Location
Munich Railway Station, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Production
King Brothers Productions, Westia Film

🏷️ Keywords

men in tightsmelodramatimiditymutewoman with a past

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Modestly-made melodrama is consistently entertaining
by wilvram2008-11-07
7/10

"A movie equivalent of one of those 1950s gaudy crime paperbacks, this low budget effort starts down a familiar path but is still able to provide its share of suspense and surprises. The lovely Anne Baxter, though a long way from ALL ABOUT EVE is an attractive heroine albeit with an accent that has a tendency to disappear at times. She obtains work in the carnival through Joe (Steve Cochran)whose pocket she has picked out of desperation and then becomes a partner of Lyle Bettger in a high-dive act. This is an intriguing start as Bettger often played sneering villains and Joe seems decent enoug..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was filmed simultaneously in a German-language version, Circus of Love (1954). The cast of the German version can be seen in uncredited cameo appearances in the English-language version and vice versa.

📖 Synopsis

An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.