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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

30 August 1967

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

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

Pyotr Kvaskov

Valentina Serova

Valentina Serova

red clown's wife

Oleg Panov

Oleg Panov

Kazimir Zabulionis

Kazimir Zabulionis

Willis Preymanis

Willis Preymanis

Igor Sirenko

Igor Sirenko

Lyudmila Kanagina

Lyudmila Kanagina

circus performer

Alla Budnitskaya

Alla Budnitskaya

circus performer

Igor Yasulovich

Igor Yasulovich

sad clown

Ruslan Spikhin

Ruslan Spikhin

Khosrov Abdullayev

Khosrov Abdullayev

juggler

Vladimir Grammatikov

Vladimir Grammatikov

circus performer

Yuri Gusev

Yuri Gusev

german officer

Galina Shubarina

Galina Shubarina

equilibrist

Yakov Shekhtman

Yakov Shekhtman

fountain-man

Aleksandr Orlov

Aleksandr Orlov

Mime

Oleg Izmaylov

Oleg Izmaylov

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