Circus Movies

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

Show recorded at the Cirque d'Hiver in 1997. This show marked both the consecration and the farewell of Elie Kakou to his public. This show, the...

It's director Oberholzer's sixtieth birthday. His wife and daughter Anna receive the guests who are invited to the feast, with a dish of pike as the...

Short dramatised documentary showing the ups and downs of daily life on a circus farm. “The only light comes from the flames of the funeral...

Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.

Flip is balancing his hat on his face while leaning forwards and backwards. He eventually falls face forward. Flip opens the tent flap to reveal a...

William Brown attempts to secure more pay and shorter hours for schoolboys.

With our fieriness and our youthfulness, we wanted to reinvent the circus. The appeal of the circus has always been magical. But, Cirque du Soleil...

Documentary about Bernhard Paul who became world famous as the founder of Circus Roncalli and Zippo the Clown...

This documentary is about the Italian small family circus, based on the old street theatre of the Commedia dell'Arte. Since World War II, they have...

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...

Squirrel Ginger is the ringmaster for an animal circus. A parrot has snuck in using a weasel's ticket. The weasel keeps trying to enter as well, but...

The Story of an Encounter is a documentary that captures the unexpected encounter between México and Cirque du Soleil creators in the mist of...