The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, Husen, and gives him his stage name Truxa. He is to take the real Truxa's place at a circus show in Wintergarten, Berlin.
Social & External
The people behind it
La Jana
Tänzerin Yester
Hannes Stelzer
Drahtseilkünstler Husen
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Illusionist Garvin
Rudi Godden
Peters
Mady Rahl
Garvins Assistentin Hilde
Peter Elsholtz
Truxa, Artist
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Varieté-Direktor
Eva Tinschmann
Hedi Höpfner
Margot Höpfner
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