Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 14, 2005

A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, however, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux. Offers a romantic view of big top life, with a moth-eaten angel in his feathered, tattered costume.

Bye Bye Blackbird

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 14, 2005

Bye Bye Blackbird
A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, however, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux. Offers a romantic view of big top life, with a moth-eaten angel in his feathered, tattered costume.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Bye Bye Blackbird
Directors Robinson Savary
Writers

Cast

James Thierrée

as Josef

Derek Jacobi

as Lord Dempsey

Izabella Miko

as Alice

Jodhi May

as Nina

Michael Lonsdale

as Robert

Andrej Aćin

as Roberto

Claire Johnston

as Emma

Chris Bearne

as Lord Strathclyde

Věra Bílá

as Gypsy Singer