Circus
6.6
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.
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Lyubov Orlova
Marion Dixon
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Grigori Aleksandrov Director · Ilya Ilf Screenplay Yevgeni Petrov Screenplay
United States release November 11, 1936 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Цирк
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Цирк
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 25, 1936
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 1936
Theatrical
XC
January 25, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
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