Man on a Tightrope
It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
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5/21/1953Runtime
105 minsOverview
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
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A taut Cold War escape thriller that uses the eccentric world of a traveling circus as the crucible for a desperate bid for freedom. The film builds suspense through meticulous planning and the constant threat of discovery, grounding high stakes in human stakes.
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