Circus in the Circus

Circus in the Circus
Film poster
Directed by	Oldřich Lipský
Written by	Oldřich Lipský Yakov Kostyukovskiy Miloš Macourek Moris Slobodskoy
Starring	Evgeni Leonov
Cinematography	Jaroslav Kučera
Production companies	Barrandov Studios Mosfilm
Release date	February 1976 (1976-02)
Running time	131 minutes
Countries	Czechoslovakia Soviet Union
Languages	Czech Russian

Circus in the Circus (Czech: Cirkus v cirkuse; Russian: Соло для слона с оркестром) is a Czechoslovak-Soviet comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský and released in 1976.^[1] The story takes place in the Big State Circus in Moscow where two international groups arrive simultaneously: a jury searching for outstanding numbers for the World Circus festival and a delegation of animal language scientists. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2] All circus acts were performed by Moscow and Zaporizhia circus troupes.

Cast[]

• Jiří Sovák as Prof. Ruzicka
• Iva Janžurová as Doc. Whistlerová
• Yevgeny Leonov as Reditel cirkusu
• Natalya Varley as Tána
• Alexander Lenkov as Císník Aljosa
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Grísa
• Savely Kramarov as Lopuchov
• Aleksei Smirnov as a hypnotist Smirnov
• Yevgeny Morgunov as Kolia
• Yuri Volyntsev as Aleksandr Borisovich
• Josef Hlinomaz as Nikolai, an elephant trainer
• Jaroslava Schallerová as a zoo-philologist's secretary
• František Filipovský as a Sandy Express reporter
• Zdeněk Dítě as an Italian jury member
• Lubomír Lipský as a Czech jury member
• Oldřich Velen as a Norwegian jury member
• Karel Effa as a vet

See also[]

• List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[]

External links[]

• Circus in the Circus at IMDb
• Cirkus v cirkuse at «Filmová databáze online»
• Соло для слона с оркестром at «Кино-театр.ru»