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Circus
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Circus is a 1936 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and produced by Mosfilm. The screenplay was written by Ilya Ilf, Valentin Kataev, and Yevgeny Petrov, with music composed by Isaak Dunayevsky. The cast features Lyubov Orlova, Sergei Stolyarov, James Lloydovich Patterson, and Vladimir Volodin. The film is presented in black-and-white and is named after circus arts.
The narrative is set in the Soviet Union and addresses themes including racism and the song "Wide Is My Motherland." The original language is Russian, and the work is in the public domain. Runtime details vary between sources, listing 90 or 94 minutes. The film has received an IMDb rating of 6.6 based on 748 votes and a TMDb average of 6.3. It has won one award and is rated Not Rated.
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6.3An 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- musical
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
748 votes
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 win
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- circus arts
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Main subject
- circus
- Director
- Grigori Aleksandrov
- Screenwriter
- Yevgeny Petrov
- Cast member
- Vladimir Volodin
- Composer
- Isaak Dunayevsky
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Narrative location
- Soviet Union
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 852224
- Image
- Patterson1936cirk.jpg
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- publication date
- 1936-05-25
- title
- Цирк
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Tsirk
- copyright status
- public domain
Sources (2)
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