Circus (1936)
May 25, 1936Release Date
Circus (1936)
May 25, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Lyubov Orlova
Marion Dixon
Vladimir Volodin
Ludvig
Sergei Stolyarov
Ivan Petrovich Martinov
Evgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka, the director's daughter
Pavel Massalsky
Franz von Kneishitz
Lev Sverdlin
Cameo
Solomon Mikhoels
Cameo
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka
Fyodor Kurikhin
Captain Borneo
Sergei Antimonov
Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)
Pavel Geraga
Cameo
Vladimir Kandelaki
Cameo
Niki Otto
Chaplin
Emmanuil Geller
The Music Conductor
B. Karlin
Artist
Vladimir Nilsen
Cinematographer
Alfonse Lutz
Horseman
Nikolai Orlov
An Old Circus Actor
Aleksandra Panova
Cameo
Weyland Rodd
Cameo
M. Tsybulsky
Farmer
James Lloydovich Patterson
Jimmy
Aleksandr Komissarov
Shurik Skameykin
Lev Ivanov
The whistling hooligan (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 1936
Original NameЦирк
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Circus (Russian: Цирк, romanized: Tsirk) is a 1936 Soviet melodramatic comedy musical film. It was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Isidor Simkov at the Mosfilm studios. In his own words, it was conceived as "an eccentric comedy...a real side splitter."
Starring the glamorous and immensely popular Lyubov Orlova (Aleksandrov's wife), the first recognized star of Soviet cinema and a gifted singer, the film contains several songs which instantly became Soviet classics. The most famous is the "Song of the Motherland" (Широка страна моя родная, Shiroka strana moya rodnaya). ISWC code for film music: T-926.406.620-8.
The film was based on a comedy written by Ilf and Petrov and Valentin Kataev and performed by Moscow music hall, Under the Circus Dome (Под куполом цирка), which was seen and liked by Aleksandrov. They made the play into the plot, but during the initial film shooting they went to America. Upon return, they disliked the director's interpretation, and after a conflict they abandoned the work, forbade the mention of their names in the credits, and further work on the plot was continued by Isaac Babel.