Circus

Circus

94 mins | Comedy, Music | May 25, 1936

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.

Circus

94 mins | Comedy, Music | May 25, 1936

Circus
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Цирк
Directors Isidor Simkov, Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers Ilya Ilf, Grigori Aleksandrov

Cast

Lyubov Orlova

as Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin

as Ludvig

Sergei 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

Pavel Geraga

as Cameo

Niki Otto

as Chaplin

Emmanuil Geller

as The Music Conductor

B. Karlin

as Artist

Alfonse Lutz

as Horseman

Nikolai Orlov

as An Old Circus Actor

Weyland Rodd Sr.

as Cameo

M. Tsybulsky

as Farmer

Aleksandr Komissarov

as Shurik Skameykin