Circus
May 25 1936
•2h 34m
•Music, Comedy
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
Vladimir Volodin
Ludvig
Sergei Stolyarov
Ivan Petrovich Martinov
Pavel Massalsky
Franz von Kneishitz
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