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- ↑ Allan, Seán; Sandford, John, eds. (1999). DEFA: East German cinema, 1946–1992. New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-57181-753-2.
- ↑ Alarm in the Circus Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine on PROGRESS' website.
- ↑ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
- ↑ Alarm in the Circus Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine on DEFA Foundation's website.
- ↑ Alarm in the Circus on the German Film Lexicon.
- ↑ Rollins, Peter C.; O'Connor, John E., eds. (2008). Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-8131-9191-1.