---
title: 'Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Kluge'
released: '1968-08-30'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/artists-under-the-big-top-perplexed-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)

1968 · 103 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos

## Synopsis

Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed is a 1968 West German film written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The film is made in a collage style, featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner, Leni, must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge)
- **Director of Photography:** [Thomas Mauch](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-mauch), [Günther Hörmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-hormann)
- **Editor:** [Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-mainka-jellinghaus)

## Cast

- [Alfred Edel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-edel)
- [Hannelore Hoger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-hoger)
- [Fritz Hollenbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-hollenbeck)
- [Klaus Schwarzkopf](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-schwarzkopf)

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