The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone
1998 Russian film
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The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Russian: Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis) is a 1998 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko and starring Nikolai Karachentsov. It tells the story of a successful film director who is about to turn 50 and struggles with financiers, his insane mother and a mysterious woman who tells him how meaningless his life is.
Directed byVladimir Bortko
Written byVladimir Bortko
Nataliya Bortko
Nataliya Bortko
Produced byAleksandr Golutva
Igor Tolstunov
Igor Tolstunov
StarringNikolai Karachentsov
| The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone | |
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| Directed by | Vladimir Bortko |
| Written by | Vladimir Bortko Nataliya Bortko |
| Produced by | Aleksandr Golutva Igor Tolstunov |
| Starring | Nikolai Karachentsov |
| Cinematography | Sergei Lando Yevgeni Shermergor |
| Edited by | Leda Semyonova |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Cast
- Nikolai Karachentsov as Nikolai Khudokormov
- Tanya Yu as Stranger
- Zinaida Sharko as Nikolai's Mother
- Nina Ruslanova as Toma
- Maria Shukshina as Lena
- Tatyana Vasilyeva as Margarita
- Kseniya Kachalina as Alya
- Sergey Dreyden as Aleksei
- Pyotr Zaychenko as Igor
- Rudolf Furmanov as Artyom
- Yury Kuznetsov as cossack
Accolades
Zinaida Sharko won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi.[1] Vladimir Dashkevich was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Music.[2]
