Swing That Lion Aka Russian Woman Lion Tamer (1957)

RUSSIAN WOMAN LION TAMER Riga, Latvia, Russia. SV. Irina Burgrimova sitting among children holding an Otter. SCU. Children looking on. SV. Group of children with Irina in the middle, one of the children is holding a baby monkey. CU. Baby monkey on child’s lap eating something and Irina strokes its head. CU. Irina. Group of children surrounding young lions sitting on floor, one of them is stroking a lion’s head as Irina looks on. CU. Two young girls now looking at the rehearsal of the lion act with Irina Burgrimova (or Irina Bugrimove) in the ring. SV. Irina in ring (Cage) as one lion rolling on its back at her feet and another comes towards her and she strokes its head and cuddles it. SCU. Group of young boys watching. SCU. Irina open the lion’s mouth and looks down its throat and then pats it. SV. Group of audience children in foreground a man is operating tape recorder. SV. Man outside cage holding microphone and Irina approaches a doorway towards him. She speaks to him and nods her head as thou