''Circus in the Circus'' ( cs, Cirkus v cirkuse; russian: Соло для слона с оркестром) is a Czechoslovak-Soviet
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Oldřich Lipský
Oldřich Lipský (4 July 1924 – 19 October 1986) was a Czechs, Czech film director and screenwriter, brother of actor Lubomír Lipský.
All his films were comedies, frequently employing themes of Dadaism, farce and magical realism. He was a fr ...
and released in 1976.
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
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scientists. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
48th Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] All circus acts were performed by
Moscow
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and
Zaporizhia
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circus troupes.
Cast
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Jiří Sovák
Jiří Sovák ('' né'' Schmitzer; 27 December 1920 – 6 September 2000) was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles.
Life and theatre career
Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague.Jiří Sovák, ...
as Prof. Ruzicka
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Iva Janžurová
Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinoh ...
as Doc. Whistlerová
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Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen ...
as Reditel cirkusu
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Natalya Varley
Natalya Varley (russian: Наталья Владимировна Варлей, born 22 June 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, who became famous in 1966 for her part in the comedy ''Kidnapping, Caucasian Style''. In 1989 she ...
as Tána
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Alexander Lenkov
Alexander Sergeyevich Lenkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ленько́в; 17 May 1943 – 21 April 2014) was a Soviet-Russian film, stage and voice actor. He is probably best known for his voice acting in animated fil ...
as Císník Aljosa
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Early life
Kuravlyov w ...
as Grísa
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Savely Kramarov
Savely Viktorovich Kramarov (russian: Саве́лий Ви́кторович Кра́маров; 13 October 1934 – 6 June 1995) was a Soviet, Russian and American actor. He acted in at least 42 Soviet films, and later appeared in several mo ...
as Lopuchov
*
Aleksei Smirnov as a hypnotist Smirnov
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Yevgeny Morgunov
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (197 ...
as Kolia
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Yuri Volyntsev
Yuri Vitalyevich Volyntsev (russian: Юрий Витальевич Волынцев; 28 April 1932 – 9 August 1999) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).Русский драматический те ...
as Aleksandr Borisovich
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Josef Hlinomaz
Josef Hlinomaz (9 October 1914 – 8 August 1978) was a Czechoslovak film actor, journalist, and painter. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1948 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* ''Komedianti'' (1954)
* ''The ...
as Nikolai, an elephant trainer
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Jaroslava Schallerová
Jaroslava Schallerová (; born 25 April 1956), sometimes credited as Jarka Shallerová, is a Czech former actress who emerged during the 1970s. Her acting debut was at the age of 13 in the Czech New Wave film ''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (fi ...
as a zoo-philologist's secretary
*
František Filipovský
František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor.
Life and career Early life and theatre
Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of A ...
as a Sandy Express reporter
*
Zdeněk Dítě
Zdeněk Dítě (19 November 1920 – 11 December 2001) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1945 and 1991.
Selected filmography
* '' The Wedding Ring'' (1945) - Robert, mladý kníze ...
as an Italian jury member
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Lubomír Lipský as a Czech jury member
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Oldřich Velen
Oldřich Velen, birth name Oldřich Volek (15 September 1921 in Brno-Tuřany – 4 May 2013) was a Czech actor. He is known from the successful television series '' Slovácko sa nesúdí'', after the books by Zdeněk Galuška where he played a ...
as a Norwegian jury member
*
Karel Effa
Karel Effa (born Karel Effenberger; 23 May 1922 – 11 June 1993) was a Czechoslovak character actor who appeared in some 65 films.
Selected filmography
* ''Uloupená hranice'' (1947) - Závodcí
* ''Poslední mohykán'' (1947)
* ''Parohy'' ...
as a vet
See also
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References
External links
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Cirkus v cirkuseat «Filmová databáze online»
Соло для слона с оркестромat «Кино-театр.ru»
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1976 films
1976 comedy films
1976 multilingual films
Czech comedy films
1970s Czech-language films
Soviet comedy films
Films directed by Oldřich Lipský
Soviet multilingual films
Czechoslovak multilingual films
Czechoslovakia–Soviet Union relations
Czechoslovak comedy films