The Circus Burned Down and the Clowns Scattered 1998 Directed by Vladimir Bortko Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались

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.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Drama , Fantasy
Production Companies Lenfilm , Profit , Studio 2-B-2 Entertainment
Release Date 21 February 1998
114 mins
Cast
Nikolai Karachentsov Николай Николаевич Худокормов
Tanya Yu незнакомка
Zinaida Sharko Зоя Васильевна - мать Николая
Nina Ruslanova Тома - первая жена Николая
Mariya Shukshina Лена - вторая жена Николая
Kseniya Kachalina Алевтина - дочь Николая и Тамары
Tatyana Vasileva Маргарита Александровна
Sergey Dreyden Алексей Петрович - муж Тамары
Pyotr Zaychenko Игорь - бизнесмен
Rudolf Furmanov Артём - бизнесмен
Roman Gromadskiy «Якутзолото»
Franco Bovo Джанкарло Витцоди - итальянский бизнесмен
Oleg Sharov баянист
Bangis Schastlivy барабанщик
Lyonya Rukovets Тимофей - сын Николая и Лены
Yuriy Kuznetsov казак
Aleksandr Lykov киллер
Aleksandr Shchetinin банкир