

Fireworks
1954-09-15 · 97 min · ★ 6.2
The quiet life of an extended family is shaken up when a circus comes into town.
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- Directors
- Kurt Hoffmann
- Production companies
- N.D.F.-Produktion
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lilli PalmerIduna
Karl SchönböckAlexander Oberholzer
Romy SchneiderAnna Oberholzer
Claus BiederstaedtRobert
Werner HinzAlbert Oberholzer
Rudolf VogelOnkel Gustav
Margarete HaagenKathi
Ernst WaldowOnkel Wilhelm
Käthe HaackKaroline Oberholzer
Lina CarstensTante Paula
Liesl KarlstadtTante Berta
Michl LangOnkel Fritz
Tatjana SaisMadame Sperling
Willy ReichertBahnhofsvorsteher
Hans ClarinArtist
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