Tromba (film)

Tromba is a 1949 thriller film co-written and 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 appreciated a shift away from rubble films.^[2] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by art director Ernst H. Albrecht. The film was released in the United States in 1952 as Tromba: the Tiger Man by Lippert Pictures.

Tromba
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Helmut Weiss
Written by	Elisabeth Zimmermann Helmut Weiss
Produced by	Georg Richter
Starring	René Deltgen Angelika Hauff Gustav Knuth Hilde Weissner
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
Music by	Adolf Steimel
Production companies	Camera-Filmproduktion Titanus Film
Distributed by	Norddeutscher Film
Release date	1 July 1949 (1949-07-01) (West Germany)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Italy West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• René Deltgen as Kurt Tromba, Tigerdompteur
• Angelika Hauff as Ola Orlando, Trapezkünstlerin
• Gustav Knuth as Ernesto Spadoli, Artist
• Hilde Weissner as Teresa Kronbeck, Zirkusdirektorin
• Gardy Granass as Gardy Kronbeck, Sportstudentin
• Grethe Weiser as Cläre Vets, ehemalige Schulreiterin
• Adrian Hoven as Rudy Walheim, Sportstudent
• Carl Wery as Eric Jensen, Zirkusregisseur
• Hans Böhme as Olaf Orlando, Artist
• Dieter von der Recke as Alfons Orlando, Artist
• Jürgen Richter as Andy Orlando

References

1. Spicer 2010, p. 109.
2. Bergfelder 2005, 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.

External links

• Tromba at IMDb 
• Tromba at AllMovie