The Great Wallendas

The Great Wallendas

98 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 12, 1978

Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.

The Great Wallendas

98 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Feb. 12, 1978

The Great Wallendas
Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers NBC Productions, Daniel Wilson Productions Inc.
Original title The Great Wallendas
Directors Larry Elikann
Writers Jan Hartman

Cast

Lloyd Bridges

as Karl Wallenda

Britt Ekland

as Jenny Wallenda

Taina Elg

as Helen Wallenda

Cathy Rigby

as Jana Schmidt

John van Dreelen

as Herman Wallenda

Michael McGuire

as Arnold Fielding

Ben Fuhrman

as Gunther Wallenda

Travis Hudson

as Lotte Schmidt

Bruce Ornstein

as Mario Wallenda

Stephen Parr

as Dick Faughnan

William Sadler

as Dieter Schmidt

Isa Thomas

as Edith Wallenda

Casey Biggs

as Gene Hallow

Lucinda Bridges

as Nurse

Tino Wallenda

as Nino Canetti (uncredited)