Katharina Knie

About the show

During the inflation crisis, the struggling Knie tightrope troupe travels from town to town. Katharina dreams of leaving circus life and accepts work on farmer Rothacker's estate, but when she returns to tell her father she will marry him, Karl Knie mistakes her visit for a return to the troupe and dies before learning the truth. Katharina then breaks her engagement and takes charge of the family circus.