The Wrestler and the Clown (1957)
It's a story about two of the most famous russian personages. They become friends, and then go along on the path of glory in parallel.
Top billed cast
Stanislav ChekanIvan Maximovich Poddubny
Yuri MedvedevNikita, Ivan's pal
Iya ArepinaMarusya Nikolayevna, aka Mimi
Boris PetkerGiuseppe Truzzi
Leonid TopchiyevOrlando
Tamara LoginovaDurov's wife
Georgiy VitsinEnrico, a clown
Kyunna IgnatovaEsterina Truzzi
Stepan KayukovVanya, wrestling contest promoter
Grigoriy ShpigelSolomonsky
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