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Halfway to heaven
Halfway to heaven

Halfway to heaven

Genres

DramaRomance

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Love triangle in an acrobatic trapeze act results in a missed catch and a death, but was it on purpose?

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

77 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

26 December 1931

Country

France

Cast

Elisabeth Frisk

Elisabeth Frisk

Mona

Haakon Hjelde

Haakon Hjelde

Ned Lee

Edvin Adolphson

Edvin Adolphson

Nick Pogli

Einar Sissener

Einar Sissener

Jack

Karin Swanström

Karin Swanström

Madame Jenny

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Director

Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad

Little Eric

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