Circus

Circus (1936)

25/05/1936
Music, Comedy
1h 34m

Overview

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.

  • Grigori AleksandrovDirector, Writer
  • Ilya IlfScreenplay
  • Yevgeni PetrovScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Цирк

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

Keywords

  • musical

Top Billed Cast

Lyubov Orlova

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin

Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig

Sergei Stolyarov

Sergei Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov

Pavel Massalsky

Pavel Massalsky

Franz von Kneishitz

Lev Sverdlin

Lev Sverdlin

Cameo

Solomon Mikhoels

Solomon Mikhoels

Cameo

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Rayechka

Fyodor Kurikhin

Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

Sergei Antimonov

Sergei Antimonov

Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

Pavel Geraga

Pavel Geraga

Cameo

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