Arena of Fear

{{Short description|1959 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Arena of Fear |image = Arena of Fear.jpg |caption = Austrian film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Geliebte Bestie}} |director = [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] |producer = [[Herbert Gruber (producer)|Herbert Gruber]] |writer = [[Hans Fritz Köllner]] [[Kurt Nachmann]] Heinrich Seiler (novel) |starring = [[Gerhard Riedmann]] [[Margit Nünke]] [[Willy Birgel]] |music = [[Bert Grund]] |cinematography = [[Günther Anders (cinematographer)|Günther Anders]] |editing = [[Arnfried Heyne]] |studio = [[Sascha-Film|Sascha Film]] Lux-Film Wien |distributor = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] |released = {{Film date|1959|2|18|df=y}} |runtime = 96 minutes |country = Austria |language = German }} '''''Arena of Fear''''' ({{langx|de|'''Geliebte Bestie'''}}) is a 1959 Austrian [[drama film]] directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] and starring [[Gerhard Riedmann]], [[Margit Nünke]] and [[Willy Birgel]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|page=43|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1-57181-655-9}}</ref>

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

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[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)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0052839}}

[[Category:Austrian drama films]] [[Category:1959 drama films]] [[Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] [[Category:Films based on German novels]] [[Category:Circus films]] [[Category:Remakes of German films]] [[Category:UFA GmbH films]] [[Category:1959 German-language films]] [[Category:1959 Austrian films]]