Overview

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.

Cast

Margarita Volodina, Adolf Dymsza, Gleb Strizhenov, Valentīns Skulme, Jānis Melderis, Pyotr Kvaskov, Valentina Serova, Oleg Panov

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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.

When was "Arena" released?

Arena was released in 1967.

Who stars in "Arena"?

The cast includes Margarita Volodina, Adolf Dymsza, Gleb Strizhenov, Valentīns Skulme.

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