The Circus of Life (1926 film)

{{short description|1926 film}}

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| name = The Circus of Life

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| director = {{ubl|Mario Bonnard|Guido Parish}}

| producer = Herman Millakowsky

| writer = {{ubl|Leo Birinsky|Mario Bonnard}}

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| starring = {{ubl|Marcella Albani|Vladimir Gajdarov|Fritz Kampers}}

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| cinematography = {{ubl|Mutz Greenbaum|Theodor Sparkuhl}}

| studio = Greenbaum-Film

| distributor = Parufamet

| released = {{Film date|1926|11|12|df=yes}}

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| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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The Circus of Life (German: Die Flucht in den Zirkus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Mario Bonnard and Guido Parish and starring Marcella Albani,{{cite news |title=Cosy |work=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=17 January 1928 |accessdate=29 December 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19280117/070/0005| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} Vladimir Gajdarov and Fritz Kampers.Bock & Bergfelder p.90 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin.The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Karl Görge and August Rinaldi.

The film was screened in the United Kingdom in 1928, with a reviewer for the Derby Daily Telegraph calling it "one of the best Russian films seen for some time".