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Circus

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A vaudevillian (Lyubov Orlova) with a dastardly manager falls in love with a Soviet proletariat.

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Kam Williams NewsBlaze 04/29/2009
4/4
A touching tale of tolerance from Russia circa 1936 that doesn't deserve to be dismissed as propaganda but rather elevated as a refreshing and more-enlightened alternative to the racist depictions of blacks that Hollywood was cranking out at the same time Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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09/25/2014 One truly bizarre melodrama from the Soviet Union; fascinating, yet also uncanny. See more Read all reviews
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Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Director

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dikson

Evgeniya Melnikova

Raechka

Vladimir Volodin

Lyudvig

Sergey Stolyarov

Ivan Martynov

Fedor Kurihin

kapitan Borneo
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Movie Info

Synopsis A vaudevillian (Lyubov Orlova) with a dastardly manager falls in love with a Soviet proletariat.
Director
Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Screenwriter
Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Production Co
Mosfilm
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 29, 2019
Runtime
1h 29m