Circus (1936 film)
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Director Grigori AleksandrovIsidor Simkov Release date 1936 Directors Grigori Aleksandrov, Isidor Simkov Cast Similar movies Frozen , Birdman , Pitch Perfect 2 , Aladdin , Tangled , Straight Outta Compton |
Russian lullaby from the movie circus tsirk ussr 1936 with subtitles
Circus (Russian: Цирк; translit. 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."
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- Russian lullaby from the movie circus tsirk ussr 1936 with subtitles
- Flight to the stratosphere from the movie circus tsirk ussr 1936 with subtitles
- Plot
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- Interesting facts
- Circus ext russian tsirk 1936 soviet melodramatic musical film
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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).

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.

Flight to the stratosphere from the movie circus tsirk ussr 1936 with subtitles
Plot

Orlova plays an American circus artist who, after giving birth to a black baby (played by James Lloydovich Patterson), immediately becomes a victim of racism and is forced to stay in the circus, but finds refuge, love and happiness in the USSR. Her black son is embraced by friendly Soviet people. The movie climaxes with a lullaby being sung to the baby by representatives of various Soviet ethnicities taking turns.

The film was digitally colorized in 2011 in Russia.
Cast

Interesting facts

Circus ext russian tsirk 1936 soviet melodramatic musical film


References
Circus (1936 film) WikipediaCircus (1936 film) IMDbCircus (1936 film) themoviedb.org