Circus

Categories: Music, Comedy
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1936-05-25
Run time: 94 minute / 1:34
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers: Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov, Valentin Kataev.
Production Company : Mosfilm
Production Country: Soviet Union

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Lyubov Orlova
as Marion Dixon
Vladimir Volodin
as Ludvig
Sergey Stolyarov
as Ivan Petrovich Martinov
Pavel Massalsky
as Franz von Kneishitz
Lev Sverdlin
as Cameo
Solomon Mikhoels
as Cameo
Yevgeniya Melnikova
as Rayechka
Fyodor Kurikhin
as Captain Borneo
Sergei Antimonov
as Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)
Pavel Geraga
as Cameo
Vladimir Kandelaki
as Cameo
Niki Otto
as Chaplin
Robert Ross
Emmanuil Geller
as The Music Conductor
B. Karlin
as Artist
Alfonse Lutz
as Horseman
Nikolai Orlov
as An Old Circus Actor
Anna Panova-Potyomkina
as Cashier (uncredited)
Weyland Rodd Sr.
as Cameo
Mark Tsibulsky
as Farmer
James Patterson
as Jimmy
Aleksandr Komissarov
as Shurik Skameykin
Lev Ivanov
as The whistling hooligan (uncredited)
Vladimir Durov
as Clown
Nadezhda Vysokovskaya
as Spectator
Directing
Grigori Aleksandrov Director

Writing
Ilya Ilf Screenplay
Grigori Aleksandrov Writer

Sound
Isaak Dunayevsky Original Music Composer

Camera
Boris Petrov Director of Photography
Vladimir Nilsen Director of Photography

Directing
Isidor Simkov Co-Director
N. Dobryanskaya First Assistant Director
K. Zhukovsky First Assistant Director

Sound
Nikolai Timartsev Sound Director

Art
Georgi Grivtsov Production Design

Writing
Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach Lyricist

Production
Zakhar Darevskiy Producer

Writing
Yevgeni Petrov Screenplay
Valentin Kataev Screenplay

Crew
Kasyan Goleizovsky Choreographer





















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