| Alarm in the Circus | |
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| Directed by | Gerhard Klein |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Paul Ramacher |
| Starring | Erwin Geschonneck |
| Cinematography | Werner Bergmann |
| Edited by | Ursula Kahlbaum |
| Music by | Günter Klück |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Progress Film |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
Alarm in the Circus (German: Alarm im Zirkus) is an East German crime movie. It was directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1954.
Alarm in the Circus had 3.6 million watches in 1954. It was the biggest grossing East German movie that year. It sold 5,515,078 tickets in total. Klein and Kohlhaase both won the National Prize, 3rd degree, for their work on the movie.
The Catholic Film Service defined the film as "exciting, well-made crime film that presents the background of a divided Berlin in a highly authentic manner." Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor wrote that it had "drawn a clear contrast between the city's halves that fit the official communist paradigm."