The Wrestler and the Clown

The Wrestler and the Clown
File:The Wrestler and the Clown poster.jpg Russian poster
Russian: Борец и клоун
Directed by	Boris Barnet Konstantin Yudin
Written by	Nikolay Pogodin
Produced by	Lev Durasov
Starring	Stanislav Chekan Aleksandr Mikhaylov Yuriy Medvedev Iya Arepina Boris Petker
Cinematography	Sergei Poluyanov
Music by	Yuriy Biryukov
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Wrestler and the Clown (Russian: Борец и клоун, romanized: Borets i kloun) is a 1957 Soviet sports drama film directed by Boris Barnet and Konstantin Yudin.

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.

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

External links

• The Wrestler and the Clown at IMDb