Louise Leers

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Synopsis: A personal Essay of Jana Korb, an aerial Artist of the Present, leads into an aesthetical Homage of Louise Leers, who was one of the female stars of the golden Circus Era in the beginning of the 20th Century. She was one of the new Generation of Power-Women that started to change the reception of gender issues in that early times. Louisita´s most impressive performance was the muscle grind, a very painful trick, wich she performed mostly more that 100 times in a row...

She was one of the new Generation of Power-Women that started to change the reception of gender issues in that early times.

Cast: Production Thomas Kelling Jana Korb Script Jana Korb Thomas Kelling the Artist Jana Korb Crew: Director of Photography Thomas Kelling Gaffer David Winnerstamm Assistant Camera: Janine Pätzold Grip Ala Francis Assistant Director Albina Assilina Sound-Design Erik Gandolf Siefken Boom Operator Jan Engelhardt