The Big Number

The Big Number

1943 · 98 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Against her father’s wishes, the ringmaster Wallner, Helga forms a connection with the wild animal trainer Peter. After he is almost killed during an appearance, he promises his mistress, that he’ll never work with wild animals again. From that point on, he works with Helga on safe horse numbers. When Helga finds out from Peter’s friend Otto, that Peter would rather work with wild animals again, she doesn’t want to stand in the way of her beloved’s dreams. Helga disappears and leaves Otto enough money to buy Peter a new group of lions. For a long time, Peter and Helga do not see one another, though neither can forget the other. When Helga hears from Otto one day, that Peter is practicing a very dangerous number involving wild animals, during which Otto is to play the “lead”, Helga makes a fatal decision, so she might see Peter again.

Directed by Karl Anton

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Leny Marenbach Helga Wallner
Maly Delschaft Marion Wallner
Rudolf Prack Peter Stoll
Paul Kemp Otto Gellert
Charlott Daudert Mariettchen
Marina Ried Bianca
Heinz Klingenberg Dr. Buchner
Paul Hoffmann Heinrich Wallner
Karl Günther Direktor Kroll
Maria Horstweg Frau Roselli
Walter Janssen Zeller
Rose Rauch Singer

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