Black Panthers

Black Panthers

87 mins | Drama | Aug. 4, 1966

Seventeen-year-old Martina has a paralyzing fear of heights, which prevents her from fulfilling her father’s wish that they perform a tightrope act together. As she is quite taken with the black panthers in the circus, as well as their trainer Dittrich, she decides to be an animal trainer instead.

Black Panthers

87 mins | Drama | Aug. 4, 1966

Black Panthers
Seventeen-year-old Martina has a paralyzing fear of heights, which prevents her from fulfilling her father’s wish that they perform a tightrope act together. As she is quite taken with the black panthers in the circus, as well as their trainer Dittrich, she decides to be an animal trainer instead.
Producers DEFA
Original title Schwarze Panther
Directors Josef Mach
Writers Dorothea Richter, Paul Berndt

Cast

Angelika Waller

as Martina Carvelli

Christine Laszar

as Christina

Hannjo Hasse

as Leon Carvelli

Helmut Schreiber

as Dompteur Dittrich

Horst Kube

as Raubtierpfleger Paul

Gerd Ehlers

as Zirkusdirektor

Ivan Malré

as Spielleiter Alfons

Horst Jonischkan

as Peter Bosanzo

Werner Dissel

as Dressurreiter Alois Feldmann

Günter Junghans

as Werner Weber