Salto Mortale (1931 German film)

1931 German drama film

Salto Mortale

Directed by	Ewald André Dupont
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Egon Eis Alfred Machard (novel) Carl Zuckmayer
Produced by	Israel Rosenfeld
Starring	Anna Sten Anton Walbrook Reinhold Bernt
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund Akos Farkas
Edited by	W.L. Bagier Max Brenner
Music by	Paul Dessau Artur Guttmann Walter Jurmann
Production company	Harmonie-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	14 August 1931 (1931-08-14)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Salto Mortale is a 1931 German drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook and Reinhold Bernt. A circus film, it has been described as being "in all but name a sound film remake of Variety" and was a box office success.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Junge and Fritz Maurischat. It was made at the Babelelsberg Studios in Berlin. Location filming took place at the Circus Busch in the city. A separate French-language version was also made by Dupont.

Cast

Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.

v t e Films directed by E. A. Dupont
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Films directed by E. A. Dupont

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