Comments on: 80s foreign movie about a clown or mime wandering in city

Question: 80s foreign movie about a clown or mime wandering in city

cmp4Meta — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:36:11 -0800

Looking for a movie I saw on TV in the 80s that was about a sad clown/mime who left his circus and was wandering around the city - a foreign city, probably Europe. It is NOT Children of Paradise, but maybe some remake inspired by it. I believe it was a foreign film and was probably shown on Nickelodeon - it was a color film. Very atmospheric and followed the clown wandering in the city. Any ideas?

By: jabes

jabes — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:12:58 -0800

Long shot: Wings of Desire? It's about fallen angels wandering the streets of Berlin but involves a character in the circus.

By: vkxmai

vkxmai — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:15:45 -0800

Der Himmel über Berlin/Wings of Desire sounds like a good fit, except for the part about it being shown on Nickelodeon.

By: Ideefixe

Ideefixe — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:20:10 -0800

Please dear god don't let this be The Day The Clown Cried.

By: Abinadab

Abinadab — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:12:40 -0800

The Clown (adaptation of Heinrich Boll's Ansichten eines Clowns) (1976) ?

By: cmp4Meta

cmp4Meta — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:06:10 -0800

they were certainly not showing Wim Wenders on Nickelodeon - and those are angels, not clowns - so let's ring the gong on that one and take it off the stage. it was not jerry lewis (it is a foreign film) and not heinrich boll (remember we are talking kids' programming here). any less highbrow readers out there maybe have an idea?