
A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbours who wants him to help them track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. The citizens form vigilance committees, but when Kleinman has dressed, his neighbours have disappeared. Meanwhile a circus has come to town. Irmy and Paul are two of the artists. After a fight, Irmy leaves the circus in the middle of the night. Eventually she meets Kleinman, scared and alone.
John CusackStudent Jack
Peter McRobbieBartender
William H. MacyCop with Spiro (as W.H. Macy)
Daniel von BargenVigilante (as Daniel Von Bargen)
Kathy BatesProstituteBased on a one-act comedy play called "Death", published in Woody Allen's "Without Feathers" (1972), the play and movie are themselves a pastiche of Franz Kafka's work in general, and of his novel "The Trial" in particular.
Clown:
I never do it with whores. You start out with a burning desire and then you end up the next day with a burning sensation if you know what I mean...
(1928)
By Kurt Weill
Performed by Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Conducted by Raffi Armenian
Courtesy of CBC Records - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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