"The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him."
Fredric March
as Karel Cernik
Terry Moore
as Tereza Cernik
Gloria Grahame
as Zama Cernik
Cameron Mitchell
as Joe Vosdek
Adolphe Menjou
as Fesker
Robert Beatty
as Barovic
Richard Boone
as Krofta
Alexander D'Arcy
as Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
Pat Henning
as Konradin
Paul Hartman
as Jaremir
John Dehner
as The Chief
Gert Fröbe
as
Fritz Seyfried
Makeup Artist
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Martin Müller
Arthur Schramm
Carl Becker
Elia Kazan
Director
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Hans Kuhnert
Art Direction
Neil Paterson
Story
Gerd Oswald
Associate Producer
Theo Zwierski
Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Ursula Maes
Costume Design
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
Hans Tost
Assistant Director