The Devil's Circus

The Devil's Circus is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Danish director Benjamin Christensen, based upon his screenplay.

The film involves a young female trapeze artist who is in love with a pickpocket.

As described in a film magazine review,[1] Mary, a young country woman, is befriended by Carl, a pickpocket.

Jealousy impels Yonna, Hugo's mistress, to tamper with the ropes while Mary is doing her trapeze act.

Thought to have been lost,[2] a print of The Devil's Circus was rediscovered and has been preserved by the George Eastman Museum.

The Devil's Circus advertisement in The Film Daily (1926)