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Klovnen
Also known as Der tanzende Tor in Austria and Germany; Klovni in Finland; The Golden Clown in the United Kingdom and in the USA : [The Clown]
(1926) Denmark
B&W : Feature film
Directed by A.W. Sandberg
Cast: Gösta Ekman [Joe Higgins], Karina Bell [Daisy], Maurice de Féraudy [James Bunding, the circus owner], Robert Schmidt [Marcel Phillipe], Kate Fabian [Graciella], Karen Caspersen, Mathilde Nielsen, Jacoba Jessen, Holger Pedersen, Eric Bertner [Pierre Beaumont], Peter Nielsen, Henry Seemann, Philip Bech, Edmonde Guy [Lilian Delrme], Ernst Van Duren, Sigurd Langberg [a clown], Torben Meyer [the butler]
Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by [?] Nordisk Films Kompagni? / Scenario by Poul Knudsen and A.W. Sandberg. Production design by Carlo Jacobsen and Poul Kanneworff. Cinematography by Christen Jørgensen. / Released 30 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Germany as Der tanzende Tor by Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung in 1926. The film was released in Finland as Klovni on 17 January 1927. The film was released in the USA on 16 January 1928. The film was released in Austria by Lux-Film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in Det Danske Filminstitut film archive; and in a private film collection [abridged 16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 March 2017.
References: Everson-American p. 312; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Peter Kalm.
Home video: DVD.
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