The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone
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
Release date	23 March 1998 (1998-03-23)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

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.

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]

References

1. Birchenough, Tom (1998-06-16). "Sochi's choice pix". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
2. "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1998 год" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

External links

• The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone at IMDb