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Auction History Result 4x060 SALTO MORTALE French 1p '31 E.A. Dupont's trapeze romantic love triangle with, cool art! Date Sold 9/15/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47 1/4" x 63") (Learn More) Salto Mortale (literally translates to "Deadly Jump" or "Fatal Jump"), the 1931 E.A. Dupont French/German circus trapeze romantic love triangle melodrama (about three trapeze performers in a circus who perform an extremely dangerous stunt, and it is complicated greatly by the fact that the two male performers are both in love with the female, setting up the potential for murder in the air) starring Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook (billed under his given name of Adolf Wohlbruck), Reinhold Bernt, Otto Wallburg, and Kurt Gerron. Note that if this movie seems extremely familiar, it is with good reason! Not only did director E.A. Dupont previousy have his greatest success with "Variety" (which had a different plot, but which was set in a circus and had three trapeze artists in a love triangle), but also this movie was simultaneously filmed in both this German version, and also in an French version (Dupont directed both, but this German version starred then-unknown to U.S. audiences Anna Sten and Anton Walbrook, and the French version starred Gina Manes and Daniel Mendaille). Then, in 1953, there was a German remake of this movie, and in the same year, an English language version was made called "Man on a Tightrope". Then, just three years later, the entire plot was "borrowed" for the classic circus movie, "Trapeze", starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, and Gina Lollobrigida! If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this partially French movie! Condition: very good. There is some slight darkening around the edges of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded, and there is tiny paper loss at some crossfolds, but overall, the poster has survived in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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