CIRCUS STARLIGHT – THE FISCHER FAMILY In the year 1845, a Fischer stepped into the ring for the first time. Since then the renowned family business, now in its tenth generation, has been on tour throughout Germany. Viewed from the outside, a circus just seems to be romantic for many people. But as well as the dazzle and splendour of the circus, there is also a remorseless reality and a struggle to survive. The Circus Starlight family, led by head of the family and circus director Franceso Fischer,†has to continually fight against the influence of an ever increasing range of electronic and virtual entertainment, as well as against the big names of his profession. An anachronism, an art form, continually on the move, a treadmill, a life beyond conventional standards. Franceso and his wife Karin Fischer have managed to raise their 12 children and a circus healthily and happily over the past...