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Solo for Elephant and Orchestra (1975)
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Original name: Cirkus v cirkuse
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva Janzurová), British associate professor, makes her understood with the animals in their language but the Czech professor Ruzicka (Jirí Sovák), though he is capable of using the animals language, prefers teaching the animals the human language. Ruzicka's friend, the poodle Archibald, speaks "in Human" very well. The scientific dispute ends with a bet - if Ruzicka teaches the circus elephant to sing, Mrs Whistler will eat up her hat.
Style:
absurd, surreal, slapstick, psychotronic, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, elephant, anthropomorphism, talking animal, satire, human animal relationship, bet, children, language barrier, poodle, competition, orchestra, festival, performance art, animal rights, scientist, scientific discovery, levitation, scientific research, female scientist, circus performer, man with glasses, bespectacled male, talking to an animal, spiral staircase ...
Time:
70s
Place:
czechoslovakia, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slapstick, feel good, lighthearted and whimsical films with plots about children, friendship, small town, satire, coming of age, circus and boy mostly in Comedy, Family and Musical genres. Some movies like Solo for Elephant and Orchestra: Six Bears and a Clown (1972), Ratburger (2017), Benjamin the Elephant (2019), Striped Trip (1961), Parade (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The owner of a circus decides to swap his trained bears for trained pigs, and fires clown Cibulka. The clown gets a job at a local school, bears escape and seek him out and a school inspector comes into town.
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
clown, director, man in underwear, male to female cross dressing, fired from the job, comedian, disguise, false identity, girl, cross dressing, teacher, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
elephant, zoo, friendship, teamwork, children, escapades, human animal relationship, schoolboy, satire, animal human communication, save the day, friends ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
ship, human animal relationship, tiger, animal training, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, sea voyage, strong female lead, female protagonist, danger, chimpanzee ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two children go behind the scenes of a small circus.
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
circus, little girl, magician, children, little boy, musician, juggler, juggling, art, european, showbiz, actor's life ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, lighthearted, teen, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
high school life, unhappiness, satire, teenager, adolescence, teenage protagonist, teenage life, competition, children, rivalry
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light hearted, feel good, buddy comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
children, puppy, dog, genie, magical, talking animal, fish out of water, unhappiness, mistaken identity, chaos, friendship, pet owner relationship ...
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54%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, anthropomorphic, feel good, slapstick, colorful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
spiritual, political, absurd, satirical, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, children, female nudity, nude girl, little boy, summer, youth, modernism, spirituality, chess, young boy, nudity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Denheuvel boarding school. Billie Turf, the fattest student in the world, is always in conflict with Master Kwel. This time Turf studies hypnosis, pretends to be baroness and thieves arrive who have paid for the school fees.
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, colorful, slapstick comedy, whimsical
Plot:
boarding school, school, children, unhappiness, child protagonist, disguise, hypnosis, conflict, chaos, mistaken identity, thief, farce ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Style:
family comedy, light hearted, feel good, surreal, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
holiday, children, beach, summer, vacation, burglary, seaside, investigation, misunderstanding, outsider, chaos, caravan ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the ...
Style:
buddy comedy, slapstick, lighthearted, colorful, uplifting
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, friendship, heartwarming, villain, performance art, rebellion, community, magician, vaudeville, greed, tyranny, children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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Similarity:
45%
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Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, lighthearted, slapstick, period piece
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, cute, uplifting, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, children, heartwarming, families, boy, girl, old man, adventure hero, rich girl, little boy, human animal friendship, human animal relationship ...
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40%
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Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
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Story:
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Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
balkan, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, cuba
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
slapstick, sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, family comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
349
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, pets, family relations, lost dog, human animal relationship, male female relationship, pet dog, owner dog relationship, lifestyle, love affair, couples, kids and family ...
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