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Circus

Name: Circus
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
Released: 1936-05-25

1936 film by Grigori Aleksandrov

FilmfilmQ1976863

Released: May 25, 1936
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
Screenwriter: Ilya Ilf
, Valentin Kataev
, Yevgeny Petrov
Cast: Lyubov Orlova
, Sergei Stolyarov
, James Lloydovich Patterson
, Yevgeniya Melnikova
+1 more
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: musical film
, comedy film
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Original language: Russian

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Circus is a 1936 Soviet melodramatic comedy musical film. It was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Isidor Simkov at the Mosfilm studios. In his own words, it was conceived as "an eccentric comedy...a real side splitter."

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Title: Цирк
Director of photography: Vladimir Nilsen
Boris Aretskiy
Boris Petrov
Color: black-and-white
Main subject: Wide Is My Motherland
circus
racism
Narrative location: Soviet Union
Different from: Cirk criterion used: title refers to multiple creative works · applies to name of subject: Cirk
RARS rating: 0+
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1.Stated in Kinopoisk
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Based on: Under the Circus Dome
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1.“The Circus (1936) DVD-R”lovingtheclassics.com/the-circus-1936-dvd-r.htmlRetrieved 2026-01-09
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Copyright status: public domain
Named after: circus arts

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