Arena of Fear

Arena of Fear (German: Geliebte Bestie) is a 1959 Austrian drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Margit Nünke and Willy Birgel.^[1]

Arena of Fear
Austrian film poster
German	Geliebte Bestie
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Hans Fritz Köllner Kurt Nachmann Heinrich Seiler (novel)
Produced by	Herbert Gruber
Starring	Gerhard Riedmann Margit Nünke Willy Birgel
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Bert Grund
Production companies	Sascha Film Lux-Film Wien
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	18 February 1959 (1959-02-18)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. Location filming took place at the Circus Busch-Roland.

Cast

• Gerhard Riedmann as Ruda, Raubtierdompteur
• Margit Nünke as Beatrix
• Willy Birgel as Cameron, Kunstschütze
• Fred Bertelmann as John
• Mady Rahl as Marianne
• Gustav Knuth as Carl de Vries
• Massimo Giuliani as Willi, Dodys Sohn
• Gretl Schörg as Olga
• Sigrid Marquardt as Anita
• Heinz Moog as director Larzheim
• Charles Baumann as Cavalli
• Leopold Hainisch as Riley
• Mario Kranz as Tierwärter Freese
• Emanuel Sackey as Taula
• Ljuba Welitsch as Mama Allison
• Walter Giller as Dody
• Karl Kritel as Emil
• Otto Hejdusek as Wirt
• Berta Vitek as Frau Sandomir
• Josef Menschik as Zöllner

See also

• Men Are That Way (1939)