Spangles

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Wim Wenders

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina ...

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Federico Fellini

Cast

Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent

A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for a time. Also in the mix are two circus comics who feud over the heart of another Southern belle.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Luther Reed

Cast

Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Cast

Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla