ArenaMovie
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.
About Arena
Arena is a 1967 drama, history, war movie directed by Samson Samsonov.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 31m, production credits from Soviet Union, an original language code of RU.
The credited cast includes Margarita Volodina, Adolf Dymsza, Gleb Strizhenov, Valentīns Skulme. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
