| The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone | |
| Director: | Vladimir Bortko |
| Producer: | Aleksandr Golutva Igor Tolstunov |
| Starring: | Nikolai Karachentsov |
| Music: | Vladimir Dashkevich |
| Cinematography: | Sergei Lando Yevgeni Shermergor |
| Editing: | Leda Semyonova |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis) is a 1998 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko and starring Nikolai Karachentsov. It tells the story of a successful film director who is about to turn 50 and struggles with financiers, his insane mother and a mysterious woman who tells him how meaningless his life is.
Zinaida Sharko won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi.[1] Vladimir Dashkevich was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Music.[2]