In the mid-1930s, circus actress Marion Dixon flees the United States with her young black son. Arriving with an original attraction in the USSR, she finds friends here and decides to stay forever.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, over-the-top musicals and have a soft spot for weird historical artifacts, yeah, put it on. If you hate being told how to feel by a film—or if you’re allergic to 1930s-era forced optimism—you’ll probably want to skip this one entirely. Lyubov Orlova is the whole show here...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Vernon Stallings
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, over-the-top musicals and have a soft spot for weird historical artifacts, yeah, put it on. If you hate being told how to feel by a film—or if you’re allergic to 1930s-era forced optimism—you’ll probably want to skip this one entirely. Lyubov Orlova is the whole show here. She’s got this grin that just doesn't quit, even when the plot gets heavy or the staging gets completely absurd. Watching her perform is like watching a human firework. She’s cl..."
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Valentin Kataev, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov, Isaak Babel
Soviet Union
