"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
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Arthur Schramm
Makeup Artist
Fritz Seyfried
Carl Becker
Sound
Martin Müller
Roger Heman Sr.
Elia Kazan
Director
Neil Paterson
Story
Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
Gerd Oswald
Associate Producer
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Hans Kuhnert
Art Direction
Theo Zwierski
Ursula Maes
Costume Design
Hans Tost
Assistant Director