Parable (1964)
24m
Running Time
August 31, 1964Release Date
Plot.
In a typical traveling circus, all the workers have problems over their heads; A puppeteer named Magnus controls his troupe like marionettes until a good clown arrives on the scene to help relieve them of their burdens.
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Cast & Crew.
Clarence Mitchell
The Clown
Tom Erhart
Punch
Gordon Oarsheim
Magnus
Jack Gwynne
Magician
Saeed Jaffrey
Circus Worker
Madhur Jaffrey
The Magician's Assistant
Rolf Forsberg
Director
Tom Rook
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Parable is a 1964 American short Christian film written and directed by Rolf Forsberg, made for the Lutheran Council and became popular when first screened at the 1964 New York World's Fair in 1964, and again in 1965 at the Protestant Pavilion. The film depicts Christ as a clown and the world as a circus and is considered both a revolutionary Christian film and one which proved to be influential.In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".