| Salto Mortale | |
| Director: | Viktor Tourjansky |
| Producer: | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
| Music: | Lotar Olias |
| Editing: | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
| Studio: | Komet-Film |
| Distributor: | Panorama-Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
Salto Mortale is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn and Karlheinz Böhm.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and at the city's Zirkus Crone. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski.
Verena, a trick rider, inherits the circus after the death of her father. However, her father took out a loan before his death and the creditors appoint an outsider, Manfred, as a trustee to watch over the finances. He is entranced by the circus world and he and Verena fall in love, provoking the jealousy of the veteran lion tamer Cadenos.