Circus Movies

Alexander Calder created and performed one of the most important and beloved works, his miniature circus (1926-1931). More than twenty years later Jea...

A young boy is taken by a train on a mysterious journey. BAFTA-winning 14 minute adaptation of H.R. Millar's 1927 book, Dreamland Express.

A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty i...

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

A clown recalls the days when he first joined the Cole Brothers circus and discusses how the Greatest Show on Earth has changed. He reminisces about t...

A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.

A duo of acrobats go onstage one last time, united under the spotlights even as their harmony backstage is broken.

A boy travels from Chaco to Buenos Aires taking with him an elephant that saved from a circus.

Bamse, Ælling, Bruno, Hr Skæg, Robotdrengene and Lille Nørd are among the popular children figures that contribute. A well-playing DR Big Band brings...

A documentary portrait of sideshow impresario Wally Shufflebottom, Jr.

French filmmaker Laurent Chevallier always wanted to make a documentary on an African circus, but there were no native circuses on the continent. So C...

Revelers mingle, drink, and dance at a street carnival.

Autumn 1937. On her wedding night Miss Betty locks herself in her room. She is joined by three men: her husband, her lover and her butler - and looks...

Benny Berdino, the owner of Europe's biggest circus, has a dream. To make sure that his dynasty will carry on, he hopes that his grandson, Patrick Ber...

Documentary following the 1995 tour of the "Circus without talent" Circus Redickuless

A circus under the iron rule of an unreasonable leader, enthusiastically and unblinkingly followed, and one member whose faith in the circus, their cr...

ONCE AND AGAIN is a short film about the ups and downs of the creative process that Bertil Nilsson made in collaboration with circus artist Korri Aula...