Name: Two-Buldi-Two
Director: Lev Kuleshov
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Sergei Komarov, Vladimir Kochetov, Anel Sudakevich, Andrey Fayt, Sergey Slyotov

About Two-Buldi-Two

A father and son, both circus clowns, are to perform together for the first time. The Civil War splits them. The elder Buldy nearly stays with the Whites, then joins the revolution. At the end the younger Buldy gets away from White soldiers on a trampoline and a trapeze. They watch the tricks and forget to shoot.

Cast & crew

More about Two-Buldi-Two

Lev Kuleshov and Nina Agadzhanova-Shutko directed. Osip Brik wrote it. A silent Mezhrabpom-Film drama, 1929.

Themes

a father and son billed together
a clown who changes sides in the Civil War
an escape on the trapeze
circus
clowns
Civil War
trampoline
trapeze
Kuleshov
silent

Background

The split between the two clowns is the Civil War. The father crosses from the White side to the revolution.

Making

Kuleshov used the circus gear as the action of the escape rather than as a separate turn.

Notes

Sergei Komarov is in the cast. Also credited: Vladimir Kochetov, Anel Sudakevich, Andrey Fayt, Sergey Slyotov, and Mikhail Zharov.
The escape is the circus apparatus itself: trampoline and trapeze, while the soldiers gape.

Scenes

The two Buldis are about to share a bill when the war separates them.
Buldy Jr. crosses the gap on trampoline and trapeze while the White soldiers forget to fire.