Tromba (film)

Tromba
Directed by	Helmut Weiss
Produced by	Georg Richter
Written by	Elisabeth Zimmermann; Helmut Weiss;
Starring	René Deltgen; Angelika Hauff; Gustav Knuth; Hilde Weissner;
Music by	Adolf Steimel
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
Production; company	Camera-Filmproduktion; Titanus Film;
Distributed by	Norddeutscher Film
Release date	1 July 1949;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy; West Germany;
Language	German

Tromba is a 1949 Italian-West German thriller film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff and Gustav Knuth. It is a circus film with elements of film noir.[1] It was one of the most popular West German films of the year, suggesting audiences supported a shift away from rubble films.[2] It was released in the US in 1952 as Tromba: the Tiger Man by Lippert Pictures.

Cast

René Deltgen as Kurt Tromba, Tigerdompteur
Angelika Hauff as Ola Orlando, Trapezkünstlerin
Gustav Knuth as Ernesto Spadoli, Artist
Hilde Weissner as Teresa Kronbeck, Zirkusdirektorin
Gardy Granass as Gardy Kronbeck, Sportstudentin
Grethe Weiser as Cläre Vets, ehemalige Schulreiterin
Adrian Hoven as Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent
Carl Wery as Eric Jensen, Zirkusregisseur
Hans Böhme as Olaf Orlando, Artist
Dieter von der Recke as Alfons Orlando, Artist
Jürgen Richter as Andy Orlando

References

Spicer p. 109
Bergfelder p. 31

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim (2005). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.
Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0.

External links

Tromba at IMDb

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[1] Spicer p. 109

[2] Bergfelder p. 31