Circus (1936)

  • NR
  • 11/11/1936 (US)
  • Music, Comedy
  • 1h 34m

Overview

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.

Grigori Aleksandrov

Director, Writer

Ilya Ilf

Screenplay

Isidor Simkov

Director

Cast

Lyubov Orlova's headshot

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon
Vladimir Volodin's headshot

Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig
Sergei Stolyarov's headshot

Sergei Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov
Pavel Massalsky's headshot

Pavel Massalsky

Franz von Kneishitz
Lev Sverdlin's headshot

Lev Sverdlin

Cameo
Solomon Mikhoels's headshot

Solomon Mikhoels

Cameo
Yevgeniya Melnikova's headshot

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Rayechka
Fyodor Kurikhin's headshot

Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

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