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Les Pas du tigres (A Tiger Walks)

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A mistreated Bengal tiger named Raja escapes from a traveling circus and hides in the woods bordering the small town of Scotia. The newcomer starts a panic, the townsfolk want Raja killed with the exception of sheriff's daughter Julie Williams, who wishes to capture Raja and put it in a zoo. To raise enough money to purchase Raja from the circus, she starts a campaign with a slogan ‘Save the Tiger’ to rally children across the nation in the tiger's defense, resulting in national attention brought to the sleepy town.

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Le Plus grand cirque du monde (Circus World)

Title Le Plus grand cirque du monde (Circus World)
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Circus owner Matt Masters takes his show on a European tour. There he also searches for former trapeze star Lili Alfredo who disappeared years before, after her husband, also a circus artist, died. Many setbacks in Barcelona endanger the show. Lili secretly comes to see the performance…

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Daisy clover (Inside Daisy Clover)

Title Daisy clover (Inside Daisy Clover)
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15-year-old tomboy Daisy Clover dreams of being a Hollywood star. After auditioning for producer Raymond Swan of Swan Studios, she soon becomes the toast of Hollywood. But to earn her spot she must leave her past out to give her public the image of a trumped-up fairy tale instead. This workingclass girl then discovers the wonderful world of movies, but also what is going on behind the scenes.

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Rings around the world

Title Rings around the world
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While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people.

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Ulysses

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June 16, 1904, in Dublin. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with his earthy wife Molly.

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Korol Manezha (Le roi du manège / Gosha the Bear / King of the Ring)

Title Korol Manezha (Le roi du manège / Gosha the Bear / King of the Ring)
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The story of Gosh, a pampered circus bear that becomes lost in the woods and must learn to survive in a hostile environment. Meanwhile, his trainer Kolya and a search party must finally give up looking for Gosha as the winter sets in. The bear eventually comes to terms with his new environment and learns to fend for himself, but never really forgets his beloved Kolya.

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Franco e Ciccio: Ladro e Guardia

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A cop has a cousin who is a thief. One day, while chasing him he ends up in a room with a murdered man. The two are photographed at the murder scene and believed to be the assassins. The police however believe in their innocence and send the odd couple on the trail of the real murderer who is thought to be working in a circus.

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Horrors of malformed men (Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû)

Title Horrors of malformed men (Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû)
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After escaping from an insane asylum, a young medical student takes on the identity of a dead man to discover the true identity of a man whose picture he saw in a newspaper--who is his exact double. His investigation leads him to a remote island where he discovers a sinister laboratory where a crazed scientist is performing gruesome experiments on live humans--and that his own family has a connection to the scientist.

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