The Circus of Life (German: Die Flucht in den Zirkus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and Guido Parish and starring Marcella Albani, Vladimir Gajdarov and Fritz Kampers. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Karl Görge and August Rinaldi.
The film was screened in the United Kingdom in 1928, with a reviewer for the Derby Daily Telegraph calling it "one of the best Russian films seen for some time".
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Plot
A young nobleman marries a poor peasant girl, who is falsely accused of murder and transported to Siberia. She eventually escapes with her lover.
Cast
Marcella Albani as Mistress Wera
Vladimir Gajdarov as Officer Wladimir Bobrikoff
Fritz Kampers as Iwanoff - Anarchist
Henry Bender
Eugen Burg
William Dieterle as Cossack
Olga Engl as Mother of Wladimir
Karl Harbacher
Leopold von Ledebur
Hans Mierendorff
Hermann Picha
Louis Ralph as Boris - Anarchist
Frida Richard
Gerhard Ritterband
Guido Parish