Arena (1967)
Original title: Арена
In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.
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Margarita VolodinaMasha
Adolf Dymszared clown
Gleb Strizhenovstable attendant
Valentīns Skulmewhite clownJānis MelderiscommandantPyotr Kvaskov
Valentina Serovared clown's wifeOleg PanovKazimir ZabulionisWillis PreymanisIgor SirenkoLyudmila Kanaginacircus performerMovie DNA
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What is Arena about?
In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.
How long is Arena?
Arena has a runtime of 91 minutes.