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The Circus(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-10-09
60%
3 Votes
Time: 3h 48m
Big tent. Big Dreams.
Overview:
Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Circus
Top 1 Billed Cast
Michael Murphy
Narrator
Video Trailer The Circus
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The Circus | Coming to American Experience October 2018 - Trailer
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