| Based On: | La muchacha del circo (1988) |
| Screenplay: | Elena Bykovskaya, Boris Vinarsky, Igor Gardashlyk |
| Director: | Alla Plotkina Kazbek Meretukov Ildar Islamgulov Sergey Danilean Vladimir Kharchenko-Kulikovsky |
| Producer: | Yuri Kamenetsky Ezhen Shchedrin Margarita Pogonysheva |
| Music: | Nikolay Krupatin |
| Cinematography: | Vladislav Zimnitsky Alexey Soldatov Mark Khomenko |
| Company: | TeleROMAN Channel One Russia |
| First Aired: | [1] |
| Last Aired: | [2] |
| Runtime: | 43 min. |
| Country: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
The Circus Princess (Russian: Принцесса цирка|Printsessa tsirka) is a 2008 Russian telenovela. Adaptation of the Venezuelan soap opera La muchacha del circo (1988) based on Delia Fiallo's novel.[3]
1989, Samarsk. A local cardiac surgeon Pavel Fedotov dies from a first marriage, Marina, during childbirth. Pavel's the current wife Victoria decided to get rid of Marina’s newborn daughter, who, in the event of Paul’s death, would become his full heir. Victoria asks her chauffeur Gennady to give the child to circus artist Raisa. Raisa takes the child and leaves with a circus.
Our days. A circus troupe comes to the provincial town on tour. Two twin brothers, Yaroslav and Svyatoslav, take care of the young beautiful gymnast Asya. Yaroslav falls in love with her at first sight, and the girl reciprocates. No wonder, the intelligent and romantic Yarik is the man of her dreams! But suddenly he is forced to go on business to England.
Eighteen years ago, Asya was born in this town. She is the granddaughter of their stepfather, the famous cardiologist Pavel Fedotov. Mother Asi died in childbirth, and Fedotov believed that the same fate befell the child. In fact, through the efforts of his second wife, Viktoria, the newborn girl was given to circus artist Raisa, who raised her.[4]