Circus in the Circus | |
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Directed by | Oldřich Lipský |
Written by | Oldřich Lipský Yakov Kostyukovskiy Miloš Macourek Moris Slobodskoy |
Starring | Evgeni Leonov |
Cinematography | Jaroslav Kučera |
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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.