The Clown

The Clown

5.7 | 1976-01-14 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Heinrich Böll Novel
Vojtěch Jasný Director
Vojtěch Jasný Screenplay
Heinz Angermeyer Producer
Eberhard Schoener Music
Walter Lassally Director of Photography
Dagmar Hirtz Editor
Maximilian Schell Producer

Cast

Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem
Hans Schnier
Eva Maria Meineke
Eva Maria Meineke
The Mother
Jan Niklas
Jan Niklas
Leo, Hans’ Bruder
Rainer Basedow
Rainer Basedow
Zohnerer, Schniers Agent
Claudia Butenuth
Claudia Butenuth
Monika Silvs
Dirk Dautzenberg
Dirk Dautzenberg
Herr Silvs

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