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TURKEY · 1953

Man on a Tightrope

Elia Kazan
escape and freedom circus life communist oppression family loyalty defection
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Synopsis

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.

Year1953
CountryTurkey
DirectorElia Kazan
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