Circus (1936)
May 25, 1936Release Date
Circus (1936)
May 25, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Circus is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Plex, Plex Player, Plex Channel, Pantaflix, Tubi TV
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Lyubov Orlova
Marion Dixon
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka, the director's daughter
Evgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka, the director's daughter
Vladimir Volodin
Circus Director - Ludvig Osipovich
Lev Sverdlin
Cameo
Sergei Stolyarov
Martinov - Ivan Petrovich
Pavel Massalsky
Kneishitz - Entrepreneur
Solomon Mikhoels
Cameo
Isidor Simkov
Director
Aleksandr Komissarov
Skameykin - Amateur Designer
Isaak Babel
Writer
Ilya Ilf
Writer
Fyodor Kurikhin
Captain Borneo, animal tamer
Pavel Geraga
Cameo
Valentin Kataev
Writer
Sergei Antimonov
Circus Presenter
Vladimir Kandelaki
Cameo
Yevgeni Petrov
Writer
Niki Otto
Chaplin
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Isaak Dunayevsky
Composer
Emmanuil Geller
The Music Conductor
B. Karlin
Artist
Vladimir Nilsen
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Circus (Russian: Цирк; translit. 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). 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.