马戏团演员马契罗尼和妻子莉泽塔年轻时都负有盛誉。如今,随着十九世纪的结束,他俩的黄金时代过去了,表演险惊节目已经力不从心。幸好女儿范妮长大成人,继承了母亲的技艺。此外,马契罗尼还有几匹能演节目的白马,靠这些还能勉强在布福涅马戏团搭班演出维持生活。范妮是个性格坚强而活泼的姑娘,与表演空中飞人的男演员正在热恋。她向往得到忠实的爱情,过美好幸福的生活。马契罗尼夫妇很不满意未来女婿的为人,也担心女儿过早结婚,将引起班主布福涅的厌恶,使他们无法再留在班子里。布福涅马戏团路过马契罗尼的故乡。虽说是故乡,马契罗尼在这里仍然无家可归。他十多岁的儿子捷欧,在这座小城市的学校读书,在一爿杂货店寄宿。他聪明而有志气,一直在锻炼自己成为一名勇敢的探险家,想参加探险队去冰天雪地的北极。父亲曾经希望捷欧继承他的技艺,可是母亲莉泽 Circus actor Magicky and wife Lizeta have a reputation as a young man. Now, with the end of the nineteenth century, their golden age has passed, and the performance of perilous programs has become overwhelmed. Fortunately daughter Fanny grow up, inherited the mother’s skills. In addition, there are a few white horses Machilus can play, which reluctantly in the Bourbonnei circus to take part in the performance of life. Fanny is a strong and lively girl, and is acting in love with the actor who performed the sky trapeze. She yearned to be loyal love, a beautiful happy life. Marchesi, who are very dissatisfied with their future son-in-law, are worried about the premature marriage of their daughters, which will arouse the disgust of their Bourbonists so that they can no longer stay in their ranks. Bourbonnese circus passes the home of Machínian. Although it is the hometown, Magickoni is still homeless here. His teenage son, Czechoslovakia, studied at a small city school and stayed at a grocery store. He is smart and ambitious and has been training himself to be a brave explorer who wants to join expeditions to the freezing North Pole. His father had hoped that the Czech Republic inherit his skills, but her mother Lize