Girl on the Ball
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Girl on the Ball

9.0 / 10 1967 1h 0mNR Russian
Family

Storyline

The story of a nine-year-old boy Denis, who first enters the circus. The new world captures his imagination. He falls in love with a little actress, an equilibrist — a girl on a ball. After a while, Denis persuades his father to go with him to the circus again. But the performances in Moscow ended, the fairy flew away to another city... Once, being in a museum, he sees a painting by Pablo Picasso "Girl on a Ball". In this picture he recognizes his love — Tanya ...

Cast & Crew

IT

Irakli Tsirgiladze

Deniska

Lead
Olga Ryabova

Olga Ryabova

girl on a ball

Mikhail Kislyarov

Mikhail Kislyarov

Tolya

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

father

Alla Budnitskaya

Alla Budnitskaya

mother

Galina Kravchenko

Galina Kravchenko

grandmother

Anna Stroganova

Anna Stroganova

aunt Dusya

Irina Murzayeva

Irina Murzayeva

circus administrator

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gleb Komarovsky's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Girl on the Ball is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker