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The Circus of Life (1926)

The Circus of Life poster
Original title
Die Flucht in den Zirkus
Directed by
Guido Parisch, Mario Bonnard
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man flee into a circus. Their story unfolds among performers and behind the scenes of the show.

dramaticnostalgicatmosphericsilent-eraromanticbittersweetstagedmelodramatic

What happens

The Circus of Life (German: Die Flucht in den Zirkus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and Guido Parish and starring Marcella Albani, Vladimir Gajdarov and Fritz Kampers. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Karl Görge and August Rinaldi. The film was screened in the United Kingdom in 1928, with a reviewer for the Derby Daily Telegraph calling it "one of the best Russian films seen for some time". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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