Gutta-Percha Boy

Gutta-Percha Boy — Plot

The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would incorporate the new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploited child in their speeches. The only consolation, brightens the harsh life gutta-percha boy, as referred to Petya on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who regretted the fatherless and secretly taught him this circus arts...

• Release date
• August 26, 1957
• Runtime
• 76 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Vladimir Gerasimov

Gutta-Percha Boy — Cast

Aleksei Gribov Edwards Mikhail Nazvanov Karl Becker

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Aleksandr Popov Petya Subbotin Inna Fyodorova Varvara Akimovna Ivan Koval-Samborskiy Circus Director Andrei Popov Count Sergey Listomirov Marianna Strizhenova Countess Listomirova Aleksandra Popova Aunt Sonya