Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1957
The Wrestler and the Clown
Buy The Wrestler and the Clown now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Wrestler and the Clown
| native_name =
| image = The Wrestler and the Clown poster.jpg
| caption = Russian poster
| director =
| producer = Lev Durasov
| writer = Nikolay Pogodin
| starring =
| music = Yuriy Biryukov
| cinematography = Sergei Poluyanov
| editing =
| released = 1957
| studio= Mosfilm
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Soviet Union
| language = Russian
| budget =
}}
'The Wrestler and the Clown' is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Barnet and Konstantin Yudin.[http://krasnosel.caoinform.ru/2016/03/10/turgenevka-pokazhet-film-borisa-barneta/ ][http://wrestrus.ru/news/fsbrnews/Novosti_federacii/pamjati_anatolija_roshhina_detstvo_zakonchilos_v_ijune_1941_go . 1941-][http://www.infovoronezh.ru/News/Gorojane-posmotreli-film-posvyaschennyiy-Anatoliyu-Durovu-i-Ivanu-Poddubnomu-33265.html , ][https://naviny.by/rubrics/culture/2007/06/01/ic_news_117_271589 --2007 ]
Plot
Odessa at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Loader and amateur wrestler Ivan Poddubny comes to the circus and meets the clown trainer Anatoly Durov. Artists have to go through trials and humiliations. The circus manager mercilessly exploits artists who are bound by a slave contract. The talent and hard work of Poddubny and Durov allows them to go beyond the provincial circus and make an international career.
As a result, Poddubny, defeating the Frenchman Raoul le Boucher in the final, becomes the winner of the world wrestling championship, which was held in Paris.[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/46190/ The Wrestler and the Clown] on KinoPoisk
Cast
* Stanislav Chekan as Ivan Poddubny
* Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Anatoli Leonidovich Durov
* Yuriy Medvedev as Nikita, Ivan's pal
* Iya Arepina as Mimi
* Boris Petker as Giuseppe Truzzi
* Leonid Topchiyev as Orlando
* Tamara Loginova as Durov's wife
* Georgiy Vitsin as Enrico, a clown
* Kyunna Ignatova as Esterina Truzzi
* Stepan Kayukov as Vanya, wrestling contest promoter
* Grigoriy Shpigel as Solomonsky
* Anatoliy Solovyov as Raoul Boucher
* Grigori Abrikosov as Mr. Fish
* Maya Kazakova as Alena
* Polina Nyatko as Ivan's Mother
* Aleksandr Gumburg as Ivan's Father
* Alexander Khvylya as Boucher's coach [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050206/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm The Wrestler and the Clown (1957) Full Cast / Crew]
References
Buy The Wrestler and the Clown now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1957