

The Favorite
1985-09-01 · 82 min · ★ 8.0
A clown leaves the circus where he performed for many years. Accompanied by his nephew and white puddle Arto, he starts performing street shows to earn for living.
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- Directors
- Nana Kldiashvili, Aleksandr Zguridi
- Production companies
- Tsentrnauchfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Anatoliy RomashinLopatin
Kirill Golovko-SerskySeryozha
Algimantas MasiulisCircus director
Mikhail ZiminDirector
Igor Kashintsev
Georgiy Kulikov
Aleksandr Serskiy
Amayak Akopyan
Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky
Tea Gabunia
Mikhail Efimov
Nonna Terentyeva
Yuriy Sarantsev
Viktor Uralsky
Iya Ninidze
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