The Circus of Life (1926 film)

The Circus of Life
Directed by
Written by
Produced byHerman Millakowsky
Starring
Cinematography
Production
company
Greenbaum-Film
Distributed byParufamet
Release date
  • 12 November 1926 (1926-11-12)
CountryGermany
Languages

The Circus of Life (German: Die Flucht in den Zirkus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and Guido Parish and starring Marcella Albani,[1] Vladimir Gajdarov and Fritz Kampers.[2] It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin.The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Karl Görge and August Rinaldi.

The film was screened in the United Kingdom in 1928, with a reviewer for the Derby Daily Telegraph calling it "one of the best Russian films seen for some time".[1]

Plot

A young nobleman marries a poor peasant girl, who is falsely accused of murder and transported to Siberia. She eventually escapes with her lover.[1]

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cosy". Derby Daily Telegraph. 17 January 1928. Retrieved 29 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.90

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.


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