Circus (1936 film)
Circus (Russian: Цирк) is a 1936 Soviet melodramatic comedy musical film. It was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Isidor Simkov at the Mosfilm studios.
Starring the popular Lyubov Orlova (Aleksandrov's wife), the first recognized star of Soviet cinema and a gifted singer, the film contains several songs which instantly became Soviet classics.
Orlova plays an American circus artist who, after giving birth to a black baby, immediately becomes a victim of discrimination and is forced to stay in the circus, but finds refuge, love and happiness in the USSR. It was one of Joseph Stalin's favourite movies.[1]
