---
title: 'Circus (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Grigori Aleksandrov'
released: '1936-05-25'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/circus-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028420/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Circus (1936)

1936 · 94 min · Comedy, Music · Soviet Union

Original title: Цирк

## Synopsis

Circus is a 1936 Soviet melodramatic comedy musical film. It was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Isidor Simkov at the Mosfilm studios. In his own words, it was conceived as "an eccentric comedy...a real side splitter."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Grigori Aleksandrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-aleksandrov)
- **Screenplay:** [Valentin Kataev](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-kataev), [Ilya Ilf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-ilf), [Yevgeny Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-petrov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Isaak Dunayevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaak-dunayevsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Boris Aretskiy](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-aretskiy), [Vladimir Nilsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-nilsen), [Boris Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-petrov)

## Cast

- [Sergei Stolyarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-stolyarov)
- [James Lloydovich Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-lloydovich-patterson)
- [Lyubov Orlova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyubov-orlova)
- [Yevgeniya Melnikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeniya-melnikova)
- [Vladimir Volodin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-volodin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/circus-1936
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1976863); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.