Arena

Categories: Drama, History, War
In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1967-08-30
Run time: 91 minute / 1:31
Director: Samson Samsonov
Production Company : Mosfilm
Production Country: Soviet Union

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Margarita Volodina
as Masha
Adolf Dymsza
as red clown
Gleb Strizhenov
as stable attendant
Valentīns Skulme
as white clown
Jānis Melderis
as commandant
Pyotr Kvaskov
Valentina Serova
as red clown's wife
Oleg Panov
Kazimir Zabulionis
Willis Preymanis
Igor Sirenko
Lyudmila Kanagina
as circus performer
Alla Budnitskaya
as circus performer
Igor Yasulovich
as sad clown
Ruslan Spikhin
Khosrov Abdullayev
as juggler
Vladimir Grammatikov
as circus performer
Yuri Gusev
as german officer
Galina Shubarina
as equilibrist
Yakov Shekhtman
as fountain-man
Aleksandr Orlov
as Mime
Oleg Izmaylov
Costume & Make-Up
Alla Dokuchayeva Costume Design

Directing
Samson Samsonov Director

Writing
Samson Samsonov Writer
Vladimir Kapitanovskiy Writer

Sound
Grigori Korenblyum Sound

Editing
Lidiya Lysenkova Editor

Camera
Mikhail Suslov Director of Photography
Nikolai Bolshakov Director of Photography

Art
Boris Blank Production Design
Vladimir Kamskiy Production Design

Sound
Eduard Artemyev Original Music Composer





















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