CinemaOSMovie · 1967 · 1h 31m

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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.

Directed bySamson Samsonov

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 31m
Language
RU
Released
August 30, 1967
Studios
Mosfilm

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Margarita Volodina

Margarita Volodina

Masha

Adolf Dymsza

Adolf Dymsza

red clown

Gleb Strizhenov

Gleb Strizhenov

stable attendant

Valentīns Skulme

Valentīns Skulme

white clown

Jānis Melderis

Jānis Melderis

commandant

Pyotr Kvaskov

Valentina Serova

Valentina Serova

red clown's wife

Oleg Panov

Kazimir Zabulionis

Willis Preymanis

Creative team
Directed by
Samson Samsonov
Samson Samsonov
Written by
Samson Samsonov
Samson Samsonov
Vladimir Kapitanovskiy

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