Arena (1967)

overview : In one of the occupied European cities, the commandant of the garrison gathers a troupe of circus performers. Coming from different countries, they are in the humiliating position of people forced to serve their enslavers. Many of them, recruited from camps and workhouses, were quite content with their lot. Only after a chain of subsequent events, the artists raise an uprising. Unarmed people are not able to resist the arrived guards. They die, but at the cost of their lives they regain their lost human dignity.

Release Date : Aug 30, 1967

Runtime : 1h 31m

Genre : Drama  History  War  

Companies : Mosfilm

Countries : Soviet Union

Keywords : circus, concentration camp, based on true story, black and white, horses