Tromba (film)

Tromba is a 1949 Italian-West German thriller film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff and Gustav Knuth. It is a circus film with elements of film noir.[1] It was one of the most popular West German films of the year, suggesting audiences supported a shift away from rubble films.[2] It was released in the US in 1952 as Tromba: the Tiger Man by Lippert Pictures.

Tromba
Directed byHelmut Weiss
Produced byGeorg Richter
Written by
  • Elisabeth Zimmermann
  • Helmut Weiss
Starring
Music byAdolf Steimel
CinematographyWerner Krien
Edited byLuise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
Production
company
  • Camera-Filmproduktion
  • Titanus Film
Distributed byNorddeutscher Film
Release date
  • 1 July 1949 (1949-07-01)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
  • Italy
  • West Germany
LanguageGerman

Cast

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References

  1. Spicer p. 109
  2. Bergfelder p. 31

Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim (2005). International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.
  • Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0.
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