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Circus

6.319361h 34mMovieMusicComedy

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.

DirectorGrigori Aleksandrov
WritersIlya Ilf·Grigori Aleksandrov
ProducerZakhar Darevskiy

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Cast · Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov

LOLyubov Orlova
Lyubov Orlova
Marion Dixon
VVVladimir Volodin
Vladimir Volodin
Ludvig
SSSergey Stolyarov
Sergey Stolyarov
Ivan Petrovich Martinov
PMPavel Massalsky
Pavel Massalsky
Franz von Kneishitz
LSLev Sverdlin
Lev Sverdlin
Cameo
SMSolomon Mikhoels
Solomon Mikhoels
Cameo
YMYevgeniya Melnikova
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka
FKFyodor Kurikhin
Fyodor Kurikhin
Captain Borneo
SASergei Antimonov
Sergei Antimonov
Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)
PGPavel Geraga
Pavel Geraga
Cameo
VKVladimir Kandelaki
Vladimir Kandelaki
Cameo
NONiki Otto
Niki Otto
Chaplin

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