Directed by:
Elia KazanScreenplay:
Robert E. SherwoodCinematography:
Georg KrauseComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou, Alexander D'Arcy, Richard Boone, Robert Beatty, Pat Henning, John Dehner (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Fredric March stars in this story of a Czechoslovakian circus troop whose members are drafted into the military when the communists take over. But as they near the Bavarian border, they decide to make a break to escape to the West. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Terry Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159930_d0eed6.jpg)
Terry Moore
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
![Gloria Grahame](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361503_97e3b9.png)
Gloria Grahame
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sudden Fear (1952)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
![Cameron Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/596/165596216_60ec55.jpg)
Cameron Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
![Alexander D'Arcy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576464_1cf2f7.jpg)
Alexander D'Arcy
Egypt
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Another Thin Man (1939)
![Richard Boone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270355_856b2e.jpg)
Richard Boone
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
The Arrangement (1969)
The Raid (1954)
![Robert Beatty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/306/165306807_89797d.jpg)
Robert Beatty
Canada
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Pat Henning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/843/159843093_13e4c1.jpg)
Pat Henning
USA
Best movies:
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Cardinal (1963)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
![John Dehner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354670_6a3ad6.jpg)
John Dehner
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
![Gert Fröbe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272441_8bd292.jpg)
Gert Fröbe
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
![Peter Beauvais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/434/160434290_94b5a0.jpg)
Peter Beauvais
German Empire
Best movies:
Night People (1954)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
![Paul Hartman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532975_a50238.jpg)
Paul Hartman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
![Dorothea Wieck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/852/160852707_06c619.jpg)
Dorothea Wieck
Switzerland
Best movies:
Brainwashed (1960)
Girls in Uniform (1931)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
![Willy Castello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015315_6ece48.jpg)
Willy Castello
Netherlands
Best movies:
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
The King of Kings (1927)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
![Fess Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280941_2c97cb.jpg)
Fess Parker
USA
Best movies:
Harvey (1950)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
The Hangman (1959)
Rolf von Nauckhoff
Sweden
Best movies:
The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)
Cow and I (1959)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Margarete Slezak
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Philip Kenneally
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Outfit (1973)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)