The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone
The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone
Directed by	Vladimir Bortko
Written by	Vladimir Bortko; Nataliya Bortko
Produced by	Aleksandr Golutva; Igor Tolstunov
Starring	Nikolai Karachentsov
Cinematography	Sergei Lando; Yevgeni Shermergor
Edited by	Leda Semyonova
Music by	Vladimir Dashkevich
Release date	23 March 1998;
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Russian: Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis) is a 1998 Russian drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko and starring Nikolai Karachentsov. It tells the story of a successful film director who is about to turn 50 and struggles with financiers, his insane mother and a mysterious woman who tells him how meaningless his life is.

Cast[]

Nikolai Karachentsov as Nikolai Khudokormov
as Stranger
Zinaida Sharko as Nikolai's Mother
Nina Ruslanova as Toma
Maria Shukshina as Lena
Tatyana Vasilyeva as Margarita
Kseniya Kachalina as Alya
Sergey Dreyden as Aleksei
Pyotr Zaychenko as Igor
Rudolf Furmanov as Artyom
Yury Kuznetsov as cossack

Accolades[]

Zinaida Sharko won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi.^[1] Vladimir Dashkevich was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Music.^[2]

References[]

^ Birchenough, Tom (1998-06-16). "Sochi's choice pix". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
^ "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1998 год" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

External links[]

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone at IMDb

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[1] Birchenough, Tom (1998-06-16). "Sochi's choice pix". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

[2] "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1998 год" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

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