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An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.

1h 34m1936TMDb 6.3

MusicComedy

Russian

Crew and Cast

Grigori AleksandrovGrigori AleksandrovDirectorLyubov OrlovaLyubov OrlovaMarion DixonVladimir VolodinVladimir VolodinLudvigSergey StolyarovSergey StolyarovIvan Petrovich MartinovPavel MassalskyPavel MassalskyFranz von KneishitzLev SverdlinLev SverdlinCameoSolomon MikhoelsSolomon MikhoelsCameoYevgeniya MelnikovaYevgeniya MelnikovaRayechkaFyodor KurikhinFyodor KurikhinCaptain BorneoSergei AntimonovSergei AntimonovShprekhshtalmejsterPavel GeragaPavel GeragaCameoVladimir KandelakiVladimir KandelakiCameoNiki OttoNiki OttoChaplin
Robert RossEmmanuil GellerEmmanuil GellerThe Music Conductor
B. KarlinArtist
Alfonse LutzHorseman
Nikolai OrlovAn Old Circus Actor
Anna Panova-PotyomkinaCashier
Weyland Rodd Sr.Cameo
Mark TsibulskyFarmer
James PattersonJimmyAleksandr KomissarovAleksandr KomissarovShurik Skameykin
Lev IvanovThe whistling hooligan
Vladimir DurovClown
Nadezhda VysokovskayaSpectator

Storyline

An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.

  • Mosfilm

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Info

Original title
Цирк
Status
Released
Released
25 May 1936
Runtime
1h 34m
TMDB score
6.3 / 10 (26 votes)

Production

Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers
Ilya Ilf, Grigori Aleksandrov, Yevgeni Petrov
Studios
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
Russian