Tsirk

May 25 1936 Not Rated 1h 30m
Comedy, Musical

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.

Plot

US - Vaudeville dancer Marion Dixon is with her German manager von Kneischitz on tour - in Moskau. Her act includes a gun shooting her to the trapeze, the stage director there wants a copy of this act for the USSR. She falls in love with a Soviet enginer, but von Kneischitz blackmails her with her dark spot in her life, she has a colored baby, to leave Moskau.

Written by

Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Isaak Babel, Ilya Ilf

Directed by

Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Isidor Simkov

Cast

Lyubov Orlova, Yevgeniya Melnikova, Vladimir Volodin

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
809
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA