The Favorite
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A clown leaves the circus where he performed for many years. Accompanied by his nephew and white puddle Arto, he starts performing street shows to earn for living.
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Cast
16 people
Anatoliy Romashin
Lopatin
Known for
Ten Little Indians
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
Kirill Golovko-Sersky
Seryozha
Also in
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
Morning Without Marks
Algimantas Masiulis
Circus director
Also in
The Hearts of Three
Express on Fire
Mikhail Zimin
Director
Known for
White Bim Black Ear
Igor Kashintsev
Also in
Dead Souls
Maigret is with the Minister
Georgiy Kulikov
Known for
Carnival Night
The Cranes Are Flying
Aleksandr Serskiy
Also in
Long Miles of War
Long Miles of War
Amayak Akopyan
Also in
Return of Budulai
Rabid Bus
Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky
Also in
The Elder Son
Shine, Shine, My Star
Tea Gabunia
Also in
Londre
Chiora
Mikhail Efimov
Also in
The Kidnapping
The Man Who Kept Silent
Nonna Terentyeva
Also in
Failure of Engineer Garin
Trans-Siberian Express
Aleksandr Zguridi Director · Nana Kldiashvili Director Aleksandr Kuprin Story
Worldwide gross $94M · Budget $15M · First release September 1, 1985
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$94,000,000
Gross vs. budget
6.3×
Production
Tsentrnauchfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Любимец публики
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 1, 1985
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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