The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998)

DramaFantasy

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.

Director: Vladimir Bortko
Writers: Vladimir Bortko, Nataliya Bortko.

Casts

	Nikolai Karachentsov as Николай Николаевич Худокормов
	Tanya Yu as незнакомка
	Zinaida Sharko as Зоя Васильевна - мать Николая
	Nina Ruslanova as Тома - первая жена Николая
	Mariya Shukshina as Лена - вторая жена Николая
	Kseniya Kachalina as Алевтина - дочь Николая и Тамары
	Tatyana Vasileva as Маргарита Александровна
	Sergey Dreyden as Алексей Петрович - муж Тамары
	Pyotr Zaychenko as Игорь - бизнесмен
	Rudolf Furmanov as Артём - бизнесмен
	Roman Gromadskiy as «Якутзолото»
	Franco Bovo as Джанкарло Витцоди - итальянский бизнесмен
	Oleg Sharov as баянист
	Bangis Schastlivy as барабанщик
	Lyonya Rukovets as Тимофей - сын Николая и Лены
	Vadim Yermolayev as мэр
	Yuriy Kuznetsov as казак
	Aleksandr Lykov as киллер
	Aleksandr Shchetinin as банкир
	Vitaly Taks as
	Yuri Belyayev as
	Vladimir Dyukov-Samarski as
	Lyudmila Ksenofontova as
	Nora Gryakalova as
	Vladimir Kosmidaylo as

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