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Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 and were shot entirely on film and mostly on location in Bavaria, with the first episode recorded in German and the second recorded in English and then dubbed into German.
Original Release
10/06/1973
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Graham Chapman | Wilhelm Tell / Sociologist / Man from Gladbach / Chicken Miner / Buyer / Bulle Hegel / Colin Tiger Harris / Judge / Queen / Various Characters / Woman with Umbrella / Third Frenchman / Famous Berlin Specialist / Vampire / Nurse in The Merchant of Venice / A Humble Woodcutter / Rapist / Martin Anthill / Lunais / Mrs.Mund / Undertaker / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Customer / Attendant |
| John Cleese | Professor / Fourth Frenchman / Little Red Riding Hood / Mario Pirelli / Stake Your Claim Presenter / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Head Waiter / Attendant / Various Characters / Spectator / Reporter / Man #1 at Exhibition Board / Archimedes / TV Anchor / Herr Köhler / Prince Bernhard / Priest / Narrator |
| Eric Idle | Spectator / Norbert Schulze / Host / Peruvian Pension Minister / TV Anchor / Socrates / Customer / Defense Lawyer / Prince Tausendschön / Various Characters / Torch Runner / Farmer with dog / Shakespearean Expert / Woodcutter's Wife / Rapist / Abe Seagull / Sven Bordlander / Lunais' Mother / Albrecht Dürer / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Waiter |
| Terry Jones | Albrecht Dürer Singer / First Frenchman / Hitchhiker / Heinz the Stuttgart Rapist / Man with Fez / Kwame M'Boko / Pirelli's Mother / Mr.Hase / Undertaker / Mountie Chorus / Ceremonial Menu Waiter / Nobleman / Various Characters / Prof. Thilo Wegener / Frank Tut-ench-Amun / Karl Marx / Angry Customer / King Otto |
| Michael Palin | Spectator / Arthur Wolf / Norbert Teichmann / Chicken Miner / Man #2 at Exhibition Board / Friedrich Nietzsche / Dr. Bender / Prosecutor / Prince Walter / Arthur Lustgarten / Sports Reporter / Various Characters / Third Bruce / Second Frenchman / Rapist / Ian McKellan / Herr Schultz / Undertaker / Lumberjack / Golden Post Waiter / Chairman |
| Connie Booth | Princess Mitzi Gaynor |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Willy Brandt | Self |
| Terry Gilliam | Animated Pervert / Criminally-Depressed Man / Secretary / Betty Weiß / Mouse Boy / Gabby / Immanuel Kant / Defendant Kaspar / Witch |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blödeln für Deutschland | Saturday, 06 October 1973 |
| 2 | Blödeln auf die feine englische Art | Monday, 18 December 1972 |
Directors
Writers
John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Graham Chapman | Wilhelm Tell / Sociologist / Man from Gladbach / Chicken Miner / Buyer / Bulle Hegel / Colin Tiger Harris / Judge / Queen / Various Characters / Woman with Umbrella / Third Frenchman / Famous Berlin Specialist / Vampire / Nurse in The Merchant of Venice / A Humble Woodcutter / Rapist / Martin Anthill / Lunais / Mrs.Mund / Undertaker / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Customer / Attendant |
| John Cleese | Professor / Fourth Frenchman / Little Red Riding Hood / Mario Pirelli / Stake Your Claim Presenter / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Head Waiter / Attendant / Various Characters / Spectator / Reporter / Man #1 at Exhibition Board / Archimedes / TV Anchor / Herr Köhler / Prince Bernhard / Priest / Narrator |
| Eric Idle | Spectator / Norbert Schulze / Host / Peruvian Pension Minister / TV Anchor / Socrates / Customer / Defense Lawyer / Prince Tausendschön / Various Characters / Torch Runner / Farmer with dog / Shakespearean Expert / Woodcutter's Wife / Rapist / Abe Seagull / Sven Bordlander / Lunais' Mother / Albrecht Dürer / Mountie Chorus / Golden Post Waiter |
| Terry Jones | Albrecht Dürer Singer / First Frenchman / Hitchhiker / Heinz the Stuttgart Rapist / Man with Fez / Kwame M'Boko / Pirelli's Mother / Mr.Hase / Undertaker / Mountie Chorus / Ceremonial Menu Waiter / Nobleman / Various Characters / Prof. Thilo Wegener / Frank Tut-ench-Amun / Karl Marx / Angry Customer / King Otto |
| Michael Palin | Spectator / Arthur Wolf / Norbert Teichmann / Chicken Miner / Man #2 at Exhibition Board / Friedrich Nietzsche / Dr. Bender / Prosecutor / Prince Walter / Arthur Lustgarten / Sports Reporter / Various Characters / Third Bruce / Second Frenchman / Rapist / Ian McKellan / Herr Schultz / Undertaker / Lumberjack / Golden Post Waiter / Chairman |
| Connie Booth | Princess Mitzi Gaynor |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Willy Brandt | Self |
| Terry Gilliam | Animated Pervert / Criminally-Depressed Man / Secretary / Betty Weiß / Mouse Boy / Gabby / Immanuel Kant / Defendant Kaspar / Witch |
| Alfred Biolek | Dr. Antonio / Sports reporter Silly Olympiad (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alfred Biolek | Producer |
| Thomas Woitkewitsch | Producer |
