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The Clown Study Guide

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by Heinrich Boll
About 6 pages (1,776 words)
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Adaptations

Capitalizing on the cinematic techniques employed by Boll in his fiction, the Czechoslovakian film director Vojtech Jasney collaborated with British cameraman Walter Lassally to adapt The Clown to the screen. Released in West Germany in 1975, Ansichten eines Clowns attempted to capture the satirical elements of the novel in a highly stylized artistic statement. Far more successful as a commercial commodity, however, was the film version of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1976), released first in West Germany and later in the United States. Written and directed by frequent collaborators.....

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The Clown from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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