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Bye Bye Blackbird (2005)

Bye Bye Blackbird (2005)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 2005, October 14
Directors: Robinson Savary
Countries: Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Production: Samsa Film, Ipso Facto Productions, Reverse Angle Factory, Great British Films, Dor Film
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Izabella Miko, Michael Lonsdale, Jodhi May, Chris Bearne, James Thierrée, Claire Johnston, Andrej Aćin, Věra Bílá

Overview:

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.