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- Zavvi The Home of Pop CultureScandinavian screen idol Nils Asther stars opposite the multi-talented June Clyde in a gripping tale of love and high drama under the big top
- Directed by American-born producer
- Screenwriter
- Actor and director Alfred Zeisler
- This rare feature of 1937 is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements
- In its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio
- Bux is born to a circus life
- But at the wish of his parents he studies to become a surgeon
- Later
- However
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