Movies: Circus

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Bamse, Ælling, Bruno, Hr Skæg, Robotdrengene and Lille Nørd are among the popular children figures that contribute. A well-playing DR Big Band brings new life to old classics and connects the performance musically to a high level....

Nearly everybody has been to the circus to laugh about clowns, be afraid of the lions and to eat sugar cane. However, can anyone imagine that circus artists reside right there in the circus building - above the arena in the second floor hotel rooms -...

Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world. Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched and tested to breaking point ...

Dud imagines himself as a daring circus performer (which would certainly impress Mamie.)...

"When I Grow Up" follows the imagination of a young boy's dreams for his future....

How do you deal with life's curveballs? FIGURE 3 tells trapeze artist Korri Singh Aulakh's story of being diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune condition Myasthenia Gravis. It's the third installment in FIGURES, a new series of portrait films. Shot o...

A director takes care of the final preparations before the premiere of his show, he does not have the right to make mistakes....

The Giver Gives to Give is a black and white silent film starring a clown in search of a stage, an audience, a friend....

At Cirque de Mortel, the circus artists perform thrilling acts where their lives are constantly put on the line. One day, Death arrives to finally bring them all down to the Underworld. However, he is met by the clown Mortel, who brings him inside th...

Gino finds the circus....

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Vairitosky is an immortal artist. His act consists of dying in different ways, and then magically resurrected. The public is impatient, wants to see Vairitosky, who does not come into play. What will happen?...

The circus comes to a small boy's town....

A short film where circus performers entertain children....

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A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded....

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In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a grand three-ring circus in itself! - garnering rave reviews. Behind the scenes, artists working in the fledgling Quebec circus talk about what it means...

The Moșilor Fair is an exercise by a student director who used his film before he had managed to finalize the originally planned movie. The result is a fascinating experimental montage, without music or sound of any kind, showing details of a legenda...