Circus

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.

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Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon

Sergei Stolyarov

Ivan Petrovich Martinov

Pavel Massalsky

Franz von Kneishitz

Fyodor Kurikhin

Captain Borneo

Sergei Antimonov

Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

Niki Otto

Chaplin

Emmanuil Geller

The Music Conductor

B. Karlin

Artist

Alfonse Lutz

Horseman

Nikolai Orlov

An Old Circus Actor

Aleksandr Komissarov

Shurik Skameykin

Lev Ivanov

The whistling hooligan (uncredited)

Art

Georgi Grivtsov

Production Design

Camera

Boris Petrov

Director of Photography

Vladimir Nilsen

Director of Photography

Directing

Isidor Simkov

Co-Director

N. Dobryanskaya

First Assistant Director

K. Zhukovsky

First Assistant Director

Production

Sound

Isaak Dunayevsky

Original Music Composer

Nikolai Timartsev

Sound Director

Writing

Ilya Ilf

Screenplay

Yevgeni Petrov

Screenplay

Valentin Kataev

Screenplay

Art

Georgi Grivtsov

Production Design

Camera

Boris Petrov

Director of Photography

Vladimir Nilsen

Director of Photography

Directing

Isidor Simkov

Co-Director

N. Dobryanskaya

First Assistant Director

K. Zhukovsky

First Assistant Director

Production

Sound

Isaak Dunayevsky

Original Music Composer

Nikolai Timartsev

Sound Director

Writing

Ilya Ilf

Screenplay

Yevgeni Petrov

Screenplay

Valentin Kataev

Screenplay