Circus in the Circus

1976 Czechoslovak-Soviet comedy film

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

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; ‹See Tfd›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

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "Cirkus v cirkuse". Czech Film Database. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

## External links

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

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Films directed by Oldřich Lipský

* The Hen and the Sexton (1951)
* Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství (1952)
* Cirkus bude! (1954)
* Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph (1955)
* Hvězda jede na jih (1958)
* Man in Outer Space (1961)
* Lemonade Joe (1964)
* Happy End (1967)
* I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
* Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
* Straw Hat (1971)
* Circus in the Circus (1976)
* Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (1974)
* Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
* Dinner for Adele (1977)
* Long Live Ghosts! (1977)‎
* The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
* Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule (1983)
* The Three Veterans (1984)

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Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

* Lemonade Joe (1964)
* The Shop on Main Street (1965)
* Loves of a Blonde (1966)
* Closely Watched Trains (1967)
* The Firemen's Ball (1968)
* The Cremator (1969)
* Days of Betrayal (1973)
* Lovers in the Year One (1974)
* Circus in the Circus (1975)
* One Silver Piece (1976)
* Dinner for Adele (1978)
* Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
* Love Between the Raindrops (1980)
* The Divine Emma (1981)
* The Assistant (1982)
* Incomplete Eclipse (1983)
* The Millennial Bee (1984)
* Scalpel, Please (1985)
* My Sweet Little Village (1986)
* Forbidden Dreams (1987)
* A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989)
* Vojtech, Called the Orphan (1990)
* The Elementary School (1991)

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