The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (movie)

The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (movie)

  • User score: 7
  • Production country: Iceland, United Kingdom
  • Producer: Benedikt Erlingsson
  • Production companies: Sagafilm
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 12/4/2015
  • Run time: 76 min.

Movie description

This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions, showing rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainment, chronicled from the 19th and 20th century. We will see early shows that wowed the world and home movies of some of the greatest circus families. Director Benedikt Erlingsson takes us back to the days when the most outlandish, skillful and breathtaking acts traveled the world. This rich visual archive has been created with exclusive access to The University of Sheffield’s National Fairground Archive and is accompanied by an epic new score by Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós, in collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Kjartan Dagur Holm.

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