Throughout his directorial career, E. A. Dupont endeavored to match the success of his 1926 silent classic Variety. Like the earlier film, Salto Mortale has a circus background and is predicated on a romantic triangle; but that's where the resemblance ends. The title refers to a particularly treacherous acrobatic feat, which is performed four times in the picture as a sort of connecting link. The protagonists are three acrobats, two men and a woman. The fact that both men are in love with the woman results in some pretty tense moments under the Big Top, leading to a near-tragedy in the middle of a performance of the "salto mortale." 

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES

QUALITY (of feature film only): 

·        Sharpness of picture?  - unsharp and snowy; pixellization issues

LENGTH OF FEATURE FILM:  85 mins.