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Gutta-Percha Boy (1957)

Directed by Vladimir Gerasimov

Overview

The end of the XIX century.
Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts…

Length 76 minutes

Actors

Aleksei Gribov | Mikhail Nazvanov | Aleksandr Popov | Inna Fyodorova | Ivan Koval-Samborsky | Andrei Popov | Marianna Strizhenova | Aleksandra Popova | Marina Gutkovich | Natalya Volkova | Vitaly Larin | Vladimir Gribkov | Anna Pavlova | Vladimir Kirillin | Sergei Filippov | Ivan Zhevago | Olga Viklandt