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| Country: | Iceland, United Kingdom |
| NMTW Rating: | |
| Length: | 76 min |
Description:
The film explores the world of traveling circus performers, cabaret acts, and fairground attractions, featuring rare and previously unseen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, music hall, and seaside entertainment from the 19th and 20th centuries. It showcases early spectacles that captivated audiences worldwide, alongside home movies of prominent circus families. Director Benedikt Erlingsson journeys back to a time when the most extraordinary, skilled, and awe-inspiring acts toured the globe. This extensive visual collection, assembled with exclusive access to The University of Sheffield’s National Fairground Archive, is accompanied by an epic new score composed by Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason of Sigur Rós, in collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Kjartan Dagur Holm.
| Alternative title: | The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals |
| Release year: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Awards: | 🏆 3 wins & 2 nominations |
| Director: | Benedikt Erlingsson |
| Type: | Movie |
| Sub-genres: | circus vaudeville |
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