Man on a Tightrope

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Cold War film drama film film

Man on a Tightrope is a 1953 Cold War-era drama film about a Czech circus troupe’s daring escape from behind the Iron Curtain.

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Man on a Tightrope canonical 3
Man on a Tightrope (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Man on a Tightrope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Man on a Tightrope (novel)
basedOnAuthor Neil Paterson ⓘ
character Karel Cernik ⓘ
Tereza ⓘ
Zama ⓘ
cinematographyBy Georg Krause NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Elia Kazan ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Dorothy Spencer ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
filmingLocation Bavaria Studios ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
hasTheme freedom ⓘ
political oppression ⓘ
resistance to totalitarianism ⓘ
hasWorkType feature film ⓘ
mainSubject Cold War ⓘ
circus ⓘ
defection ⓘ
musicBy Alex North ⓘ
narrativeLocation behind the Iron Curtain ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Cold War cinema ⓘ
plotSummary A Czech circus troupe attempts a daring escape from Communist Czechoslovakia to the West. ⓘ
producer Robert L. Jacks NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
publicationDate 1953 ⓘ
releaseDecade 1950s ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert E. Sherwood ⓘ
setting Czechoslovakia ⓘ
starredActor Adolphe Menjou ⓘ
Cameron Mitchell ⓘ
Fredric March ⓘ
Gloria Grahame ⓘ
Terry Moore ⓘ
title Man on a Tightrope self-link ⓘ

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Elias Kazantzoglou → directed → Man on a Tightrope ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Terry Moore → notableWork → Man on a Tightrope ⓘ
Man on a Tightrope → basedOn → Man on a Tightrope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man on a Tightrope (novel)
Man on a Tightrope → title → Man on a Tightrope self-link ⓘ