May 25, 1936
94 min
Full-HD

Circus (1936)

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.

Category

Music Comedy

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Mosfilm

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig

Sergei Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov

Pavel Massalsky

Franz von Kneishitz

Lev Sverdlin

Cameo

Solomon Mikhoels

Cameo

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Rayechka

Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

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