Movies: Acrobats

The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the f...

Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. Suddenly, the visible becomes invisible, perspectives are transformed, and the world is literally turned...

Considered a remake of Lumière's La Voltige from 1895....

In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Belgrade, locksmith and acrobat Dragoljub Aleksić wrote, produced, directed and starred in Nevinost bez zaštite, the first sound feature film made in Serbia. It is a thrilling action picture with musical numbers and prolonge...

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act....

It starts in one room: a young man in pajamas lies down and sleeps. He agitates, turns, returns. He is recovering, sits on his bed and a cloud of smoke is coming from his skull, he loses an arm, a leg. He enters a fantasy world where all objects come...

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera....

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Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the knife away and begins a rapid series of dance...

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm....

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera....

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home....

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes....

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while riding them....

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A suitcase explores Vienna's suburbia and finds giant soap bubbles. It befriends the soap bubble girl. They create a show together and have a suitcase-child....

This early animated short depicts a Stone Age-era circus....

Live from the Smoky Mountain Palace in Pigeon Forge, TN Now in its fourth season, Cirque de Chine continues to mesmerize audiences with strength, skill, grace, romance, and illusion! It is fantasy, danger, and playful all in one! Cirque de Chine p...

One of the most fascinating exhibits on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition is the Japanese Village. This space occupies about one and one-half acres of ground. It is dotted with pretty miniature lakes, the famous Japanese circle bridges, grove...

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