In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.
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Margarita Volodina
Masha
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Miles of Fire
Adolf Dymsza
red clown
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Octopus Cafe
Gleb Strizhenov
stable attendant
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The Red and the White
The Garage
Valentīns Skulme
white clown
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Theatre
The Lark
Jānis Melderis
commandant
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Sindikat-2
The Unforgettable
Pyotr Kvaskov
Valentina Serova
red clown's wife
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Four Hearts
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Oleg Panov
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Kazimir Zabulionis
Willis Preymanis
Igor Sirenko
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Lyudmila Kanagina
circus performer
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Samson Samsonov Director · Vladimir Kapitanovskiy Writer Eduard Artemyev Composer
First release August 30, 1967 · Produced in Russia · Original title Арена
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Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Арена
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 30, 1967
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No release date listed for United States.
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