Circus (1936)

6.3/10 94 min Music Comedy

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.

Cast

Lyubov Orlova

Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin

Ludvig

Sergey 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

Emmanuil Geller

The Music Conductor

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