The ClownMovie
Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.
About The Clown
The Clown is a 1976 drama movie directed by Vojtěch Jasný.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 51m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Helmut Griem, Hanna Schygulla, Eva Maria Meineke, Hans Christian Blech. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
