Solo for Elephant With Orchestra
5.3
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler, British associate professor, makes her understood with the animals in their language but the Czech professor Ruzicka, though he is capable of using the animals language, prefers teaching the animals the human language. Ruzicka's friend, the poodle Archibald, speaks "in Human" very well. The scientific dispute ends with a bet - if Ruzicka teaches the circus elephant to sing, Mrs Whistler will eat up her hat.
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Cast
65 people
Evgeni Leonov
Circus Principal
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Jiří Sovák
Professor Růžička
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Iva Janžurová
Elisabeth Whistle
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Aleksandr Lenkov
Alyosha
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Natalya Varley
Tanya
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Viy
Leonid Kuravlyov
Grisha
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Brigada
Savely Kramarov
Lopukhov
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Marie Drahokoupilová
French Juror
Known for
Morgiana
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Zdeněk Dítě
Italian Juror
Known for
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Lubomír Lipský
Czech Juror
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Na baňu klopajú
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Oldřich Lipský Director · Miloš Macourek Screenplay Moris Slobodskoy Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Oldřich Lipský
Screenplay Story
Miloš Macourek
Screenplay
Moris Slobodskoy
Composer
Vlastimil Hála
Cinematographer
Jaroslav Kučera
Editor
Miroslav Hájek
Production designer
Karel Vacek
Production designer
Georgy Kolganov
Costume designer
Jan Kropáček
Costume designer
Vyacheslav Zaitsev
Costume designer
Marina Zaytseva
First release February 13, 1976 · Produced in Russia, XC, Russia, Czechia · Languages Czech, Russian
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Barrandov Studios
Production
Russia · XC · Russia · Czechia
Produced in
Ať žije cirkus!
Working title
Languages
Original title
Cirkus v cirkuse
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · Russian
Release dates
XC · February 13, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
February 9, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1977 · TV
Hungary
February 16, 1978 · Theatrical
Italy
January 1, 1978 · Theatrical
Poland
March 21, 1977 · Theatrical
Russia
April 27, 1976 · Theatrical
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