''Demon Circus'' (german: Dämon Zirkus) is a 1923 German silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Emil Justitz Emil Justitz (1878–1932) was an Austrian film director and film producer, producer of the silent era.Grange p.98 Selected filmography * ''Martyr of His Heart'' (1918) * ''Maria Pavlowna'' (1919) * ''The Red Poster'' (1920) * ''The Hustler (1920 ...

and starring

Gertrude Welcker Gertrude Welcker (16 July 1896 – 1 August 1988) was a German stage and silent film actress. She appeared in 64 films between 1917 and 1925. Biography Gertrude Welcker was born in Dresden on 16 July 1896. Her father, who was editor-in-chief an ...

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

, and

Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...

.Grange p. 138 It is part of the

Circus film A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicycl ...

genre. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Hans Jacoby.

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* 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Emil Justitz German silent feature films Circus films German black-and-white films 1923 drama films Silent German drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub