Circus Maximus (1980)

9.0/10 99 min Drama War

Overview

During World War II Carlotta, the circus owner maintains herself, her lover and her rather run-down circus-team by illegal man-smuggling. In the year of 1944, besides the usual refugees, she even has to take Professor Máté, the renown mathematician to the Yugoslavian partisans. The team is joined by Carlotta's psychotic son who has escaped from an asylum.

Cast

Ági Margitai

Carlotta

Gábor Reviczky

Gregor

Gábor Máté

Bobo

Ferenc Bács

Francois

Antal Páger

Máté professzor

József Bihari

Fuvarosgazda

Péter Dobai

John

Imre Antal

Tamás Major

Péter Balázs

János Derzsi

Hilda Gobbi

Mátyás Usztics

László Szacsvay

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