Circus in the Circus

Circus in the Circus (Cirkus v cirkuse; Соло для слона с оркестром) is a Czechoslovak-Soviet comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský and released in 1976. The story takes place in the Big State Circus in Moscow where two international groups arrive simultaneously: a jury searching for outstanding numbers for the World Circus festival and a delegation of animal language scientists. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. All circus acts were performed by Moscow and Zaporizhia circus troupes.

Cast

 * Jiří Sovák as Prof. Ruzicka
 * Iva Janžurová as Doc. Whistlerová
 * Yevgeny Leonov as Reditel cirkusu
 * Natalya Varley as Tána
 * Alexander Lenkov as Císník Aljosa
 * Leonid Kuravlyov as Grísa
 * Savely Kramarov as Lopuchov
 * Aleksei Smirnov as a hypnotist Smirnov
 * Yevgeny Morgunov as Kolia
 * Yuri Volyntsev as Aleksandr Borisovich
 * Josef Hlinomaz as Nikolai, an elephant trainer
 * Jaroslava Schallerová as a zoo-philologist's secretary
 * František Filipovský as a Sandy Express reporter
 * Zdeněk Dítě as an Italian jury member
 * Lubomír Lipský as a Czech jury member
 * Oldřich Velen as a Norwegian jury member
 * Karel Effa as a vet