An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.
Cast
Lyubov Orlova
Marion Dixon
Vladimir Volodin
Ludvig
Sergei Stolyarov
Ivan Petrovich Martinov
Pavel Massalsky
Franz von Kneishitz
Lev Sverdlin
Cameo
Solomon Mikhoels
Cameo
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Rayechka
Fyodor Kurikhin
Captain Borneo
Sergei Antimonov
Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)
Pavel Geraga
Cameo
Vladimir Kandelaki
Cameo
Niki Otto
Chaplin
Robert Ross
Unknown
Emmanuil Geller
The Music Conductor
B. Karlin
Artist
Alfonse Lutz
Horseman
Nikolai Orlov
An Old Circus Actor
Aleksandra Panova
Cameo
Weyland Rodd Sr.
Cameo
Mark Tsibulsky
Farmer
James Patterson
Jimmy
Aleksandr Komissarov
Shurik Skameykin
Lev Ivanov
The whistling hooligan (uncredited)
Vladimir Durov
Clown
Crew
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director, Writer
Isidor Simkov
Co-Director
Ilya Ilf
Screenplay
Yevgeni Petrov
Screenplay
Valentin Kataev
Screenplay
Boris Petrov
Director of Photography
Vladimir Nilsen
Director of Photography
N. Dobryanskaya
First Assistant Director
K. Zhukovsky
First Assistant Director
Zakhar Darevskiy
Producer
Georgi Grivtsov
Production Design
Nikolai Timartsev
Sound Director
Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer
Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach
Lyricist
Kasyan Goleizovsky
Choreographer
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