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Gutta-Percha Boy (1957)

Gutta-Percha Boy (1957)

Drama
Release Date: 1957, August 26
Directors: Vladimir Gerasimov
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Sergei Filippov, Aleksandra Popova, Aleksei Gribov, Ivan Zhevago, Aleksandr Popov, Marianna Strizhenova, Natalya Volkova, Andrei Popov, Olga Viklandt, Inna Fyodorova, Anna Pavlova, Marina Gutkovich

Overview:

The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts...

Keywords:

based on novel or book circus