

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to become street musicians. This film formerly ran to 81 minutes – regrettably, the second half is considered lost.
Directed by Pyotr Chardynin, Cheslav Sabinsky, Vyacheslav Viskovsky
User score
10 votes
Released
May 14, 1918
45m
No Language

Vera Kholodnaya
Paula, Lorio's partner

Pyotr Chardynin
Lorio, Musik-Clown

Konstantin Khokhlov
Olekso Presvich, a hypnotist and illusionist

Ivan Khudoleyev
Prakhov, a merchant

Vladimir Maksimov
Volyntsev, an artist
Yanina Mirato
A lady of the demi-monde

Vitold Polonsky
Telepnev, a rich gentleman
Olga Rakhmanova
Volyntsev's mother

Ossip Runitsch
Zaritskii, a barrister