Movie: Circus

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lyubov Orlova
Любовь Орлова

Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin
Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig

Sergei Stolyarov
Sergei Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov

Pavel Massalsky
Павел Массальский

Franz von Kneishitz

Lev Sverdlin
Lev Sverdlin

Cameo

Solomon Mikhoels
Solomon Mikhoels

Cameo

Yevgeniya Melnikova
Евгения Мельникова

Rayechka

Fyodor Kurikhin
Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

Sergei Antimonov
Sergei Antimonov

Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

Pavel Geraga
Pavel Geraga

Cameo

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1936-05-25

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

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  • Languages:

    Pусский
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