Houdini, der König des Varieté (Blu-ray)

Film legend Tony Curtis as the hottest magician of his time: Harry Houdini performs as a magician in a circus. He delights the audience with his tricks and escape skills. But he strives for more, wants to become more successful and present big shows. When he falls in love with the attractive Bess, Houdini gives up his dream for her for the time being. But then he can persuade his wife to give magic a chance after all - with impressive success.

Harry Houdini was the David Copperfield of the turn of the century. The magician and escape artist Houdini (Tony Curtis) amazed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic at the end of the last century. George Marshall's portrait of the stage star, who risked his life with increasingly dangerous tricks, focuses mainly on the artist's romance and subsequent marriage to Bess (Janet Leigh). It is primarily thanks to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, who were also a couple in their private lives at the time, that George Marshall's film became an entertaining piece of cinema, despite the very free handling of the Houdini biography.