Season 1

2019-01-01 · 1m

It's the story of four brothers who, against their mother's wishes, bought a big top, erected for the first time in Berne in 1919. Around the central figure of Margrit Knie-Lippuner, we look back over the founding years of Circus Knie and those, more difficult, of the Second World War.

2019-01-08

An immersion in the Knie family and life in the Swiss National Circus, during preparations for the jubilee programme in 2018. A look behind the scenes and at the exacting daily routine of the circus artistes. Interviews with prestigious friends, such as Géraldine Chaplin, and archive footage provide the background.