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Circus

(1936)

May 25, 1936 1h 34m
63%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Grigori Aleksandrov

Director

Top Billed Cast

LO

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon

VV

Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig

SS

Sergey Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov

PM

Pavel Massalsky

Franz von Kneishitz

LS

Lev Sverdlin

Cameo

SM

Solomon Mikhoels

Cameo

YM

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Rayechka

FK

Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

SA

Sergei Antimonov

Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

PG

Pavel Geraga

Cameo