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Farewell Mister Grock

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Farewell Mister Grock
Directed byPierre Billon
Written byChristian-Falaize
Nino Constantini
Produced byChristian-Falaize
Nino Constantini
André Paulvé
StarringGrock
Suzy Prim
Charles Lemontier
CinematographyNikolai Toporkoff
Edited byMaurice Serein
Music byHenri Sauguet
Production
companies
Le Trident Films
Merkur-Film
Distributed byDisCina
Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 19 January 1950 (1950-01-19)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguagesFrench
German

Farewell Mister Grock (French: Au revoir M. Grock, German: Manege frei) is a 1950 French–West German comedy drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Grock, Suzy Prim and Charles Lemontier.[1] It is in the tradition of circus films. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris and on location at the Cirque Medrano and the Théâtre Pigalle in the city as well as around Lake Constance on the Swiss-German border. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Serge Piménoff. It is also known by the alternative title Clear the Ring.[2]

Synopsis

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The film serves a biographical film of the career of the circus clown Adrien Wettach, known by his stage name of Grock, who plays himself against the backdrop of the wars and upheavals of the twentieth century. His interactions with the admiring Russian Countess Barinoff are also portrayed.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Ainsworth, Double & Peacock p.134
  2. ^ Cullen, Hackman, & McNeilly p.463

Bibliography

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  • Ainsworth, Adam, Double, Oliver & Peacock, Louise. Popular Performance. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
  • Cullen, Frank, Hackman, Florence & McNeilly, Donald. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press, 2007.
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