

Circus
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Russian
Studio
Mosfilm
Key Crew

Grigori Aleksandrov
Director

Ilya Ilf
Screenplay

Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer

Yevgeni Petrov
Screenplay

Valentin Kataev
Screenplay
Cast

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

Sergei Antimonov
Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

Pavel Geraga
Cameo

Vladimir Kandelaki
Cameo

Niki Otto
Chaplin
Robert Ross

Emmanuil Geller
The Music Conductor
B. Karlin
Artist
Alfonse Lutz
Horseman
Nikolai Orlov
An Old Circus Actor

Aleksandra Panova
Cameo
Weyland Rodd Sr.
Cameo
Mark Tsibulsky
Farmer