Star of the Circus explained

Star of the Circus is a 1938 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael and John Clements. It is a remake of the 1937 German circus film Truxa, itself based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. It was made at Elstree Studios.^[2]

Cast

• Otto Kruger as Garvin
• Gertrude Michael as Yester
• John Clements as Paul Houston
• Patrick Barr as Truxa
• Barbara Blair as Hilda
• Gene Sheldon as Peters
• John Turnbull as Tenzler
• Norah Howard as Frau Schlipp
• Alfred Wellesley as Ackermann

References

1. ‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England . Chapman. Llewella. Edinburgh University Press. Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. 19. 4. 470-494 at 480.
2. Wood p.99

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.