Arena
In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.
Directed by Samson Samsonov · Written by Samson Samsonov
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Cast
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Margarita Volodina Masha -
Adolf Dymsza red clown -
Gleb Strizhenov stable attendant -
Valentīns Skulme white clown -
Jānis Melderis commandant - Pyotr Kvaskov
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Valentina Serova red clown's wife - Oleg Panov
- Kazimir Zabulionis
- Willis Preymanis
- Igor Sirenko
- Lyudmila Kanagina circus performer
Make it a double feature
4h 16m together
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