Christina Linhardt is a German-American singer, actor, and director, best known for her roles in the production of the film ''

Guantanamo Circus ''Guantanamo Circus'' is a half-hour documentary film released in 2013 directed by Christina Linhardt and Michael L. Rose. It records the arrival and five-day experience of a troupe of circus performers into Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to perfor ...

'', and as the former fiancée of

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. Linhardt produced, directed, and wrote ''Guantanamo Circus'', which won a Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for "Documentary of the Year," and was selected by the

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for inclusion in its permanent collection. The film also won an LA Music Award for its music score by Linhardt. She is staff writer for the California Philharmonic Orchestra. Linhardt has released two music CDs: ''Circus Sanctuary'' and ''Voodoo Princess''. She performs on vocals and flute with the

Angels of Venice Angels Of Venice is a harp, cello, flute and vocal group founded by harpist Carol Tatum in 1993. The group's core sound is harp, flute and cello but also combines Middle Eastern, medieval and neoclassical styles.Billboard - 22 March 1997 - Page 4 ...

, and has been interviewed on LA Talk Radio, KPFK Radio and KPC Radio. Linhardt played the role of "Party Girl" in ''

Movie 43 ''Movie 43'' is a 2013 American anthology comedy film conceived by producer Charles B. Wessler. The film features fourteen different storylines, each one by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundie ...

''. She starred opposite

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', h ...

in a production of ''

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Comes to Grand Avernue'', for which she was also associate producer. The daughter of scholar, historian, playwright, and biographer

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, Linhardt grew up in the company of notable Swiss writers such as

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, Hugo Loetscher, and

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. She attended the

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in Berlin, later studying French at the Eurocentre in Paris, drama and movement at

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, and went on to achieve her diploma in singing with a minor in theater science at the

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. She currently lives in

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