
With the help of his assistant Anja, Ottocaro Weiss intends to put the plague on stage: circumstances beyond his control and a lack of fresh talent have forced him to close down his flea circus. For Weiss, the plague means the «extinction of everything that makes life miserable and low and freedom along with it. Unbeknownst to him, he has won the support of a patron who is of the exact opposite opinion: for Johannes Wagner, the plague is an organising principle, and, aided by his agent Moosbrugger, he is able to smuggle a new number onto the programme. Whereas Ottocaro Weiss means to represent the plague theatrically, what appears on stage is the scientific reality of the rat-borne infestation.

François Simon
Ottocaro Weiss

Paul Gogel
Johannes Wagner

Norbert Schwientek
Stephan Moosbrugger

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Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors
March 19, 1975
1h 51m
6.6
Thomas Koerfer
N/A
5


Janine Weill
Anja, artist

Gothard Dietrich
Ringmaster

Gerhard Dorfer
Insurance agent

Peter Kner
TV editor

Wolfgang Rottsieper
Germanist
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