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The Clown (1976)

★ 5.7/10 111 min Drama Germany German
Novel: Heinrich Böll
Screenplay by: Vojtěch Jasný
Streaming: Not available

Description

Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.

Top Cast

Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem Hans Schnier
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla Marie
Eva Maria Meineke
Eva Maria Meineke The Mother
Hans Christian Blech
Hans Christian Blech Derkum
Jan Niklas
Jan Niklas Leo, Hans’ Bruder
Helga Anders
Helga Anders Sabine
Rainer Basedow
Rainer Basedow Zohnerer, Schniers Agent
Claudia Butenuth
Claudia Butenuth Monika Silvs

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