Circus (1936)
- Original title
- Цирк
- Directed by
- Grigori Aleksandrov
- Genre
- comedy film, musical film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- +0
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Soviet circus troupe gets entangled in a series of comic misunderstandings and musical numbers. The story follows a glamorous American performer who finds herself at odds with the strict moral codes of the circus community.
upbeatwhimsicalcampysillybouncylightheartedcheerfulcarnivalesque
What happens
Circus (Russian: Цирк, romanized: Tsirk) 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." Starring the glamorous and immensely popular Lyubov Orlova (Aleksandrov's wife), the first recognized star of Soviet cinema and a gifted singer, the film contains several songs which instantly became Soviet classics. The most famous is the "Song of the Motherland" (Широка страна моя родная, Shiroka strana moya rodnaya). ISWC code for film music: T-926.406.620-8. The film was based on a comedy written by Ilf and Petrov and Valentin Kataev and performed by Moscow music hall, Under the Circus Dome (Под куполом цирка), which was seen and liked by Aleksandrov. They made the play into the plot, but during the initial film shooting they went to America. Upon return, they disliked the director's interpretation, and after a conflict they abandoned the work, forbade the mention of their names in the credits, and further work on the plot was continued by Isaac Babel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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