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Dwarf Minor 
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Man
On a Tightrope (1953) |
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Set in
Czechoslovakia c. 1952 at the height of the cold war. |
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The Circus
Cirnik is on the road and we see signs of the |
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There's a
dwarf, of course, who acts at first as comic relief. |
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he goes
around drinking other people's drinks. Treated as a |
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Later the
dwarf is chucked out of circus for stealing a cruxifix. |
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Boss is
teased with the line "At last you've found someone |
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you're not
afraid of -- a dwarf." |
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The boss's
plan is to cross the border (to freedom?) but the |
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An authentic
atmosphere is created but otherwise everything |
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generally
over done almost as if this was a piece of |
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Notes
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