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.

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.