Circus

Circus

6.2
|May 25, 1936|1h 34m|Movie
MusicComedy

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.

Top 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

Vladimir Kandelaki

Vladimir Kandelaki

Cameo

Niki Otto

Niki Otto

Chaplin

?

Robert Ross

Emmanuil Geller

Emmanuil Geller

The Music Conductor

?

B. Karlin

Artist

?

Alfonse Lutz

Horseman

?

Nikolai Orlov

An Old Circus Actor

Aleksandra Panova

Aleksandra Panova

Cameo

?

Weyland Rodd Sr.

Cameo

?

Mark Tsibulsky

Farmer

Director

Grigori Aleksandrov

Writers

Ilya Ilf, Grigori Aleksandrov, Yevgeni Petrov, Valentin Kataev

Status

Released

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