The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone
1998, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Bortko.
A film director Nikolai Khudokormov is on the brink of his 50th anniversary. He has the whole life rich in events under his belt: creative quests, several marriages and children. Now he has to live with an old insane Mother and seems to be indifferent to what is going on around. But at the same time he is obsessed by the idea to make a film which will be his best one. Nikolai makes every effort to raise the money for this project. And all the time he is followed by a mysterious stranger. She is a beautiful young creature who speaks to him about the vanity of the world and the meaningless of a human life. Finally, Nikolai realizes that he is speaking to the Death herself.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Vladimir BortkoDirector
- Nikolai KarachentsovНиколай Николаевич Худокормов
- Tanya Yuнезнакомка
- Zinaida SharkoЗоя Васильевна - мать Николая
- Nina RuslanovaТома - первая жена Николая
- Mariya ShukshinaЛена - вторая жена Николая
- Kseniya KachalinaАлевтина - дочь Николая и Тамары
- Tatyana VasilevaМаргарита Александровна
- Sergey DreydenАлексей Петрович - муж Тамары
- Pyotr ZaychenkoИгорь - бизнесмен
- Rudolf FurmanovАртём - бизнесмен
- Roman Gromadskiy«Якутзолото»
- Franco BovoДжанкарло Витцоди - итальянский бизнесмен
Details
- Released
- 21 February 1998
- Original title
- Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Vladimir Bortko, Nataliya Bortko
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Who directed The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone?
The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998) was directed by Vladimir Bortko and stars Nikolai Karachentsov, Tanya Yu, Zinaida Sharko.