Movie 'Limelight'
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The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
German (Deutsch)
Kurz vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg muss der alternde Komiker Calvero erkennen, dass er am Ende seiner Karriere angekommen ist. Eines Tages rettet er die junge Balletttänzerin Theresa vor dem Selbstmord und macht es sich fortan zur Aufgabe, ihr neues Selbstvertrauen für eine Rückkehr auf die Bühne zu geben. Während Theresa aus Dankbarkeit glaubt, sich in Calvero verliebt zu haben und ihn vergeblich bittet, sie zu heiraten, wird Calvero von dem Wunsch erfüllt, noch ein letztes Mal im Rampenlicht zu stehen
French (Français)
- a.k.a. Les feux de la rampe
Un comique du music-hall déchu se prend d'affection pour une jeune danseuse paralysée.
Italian (Italiano)
Londra, 1914. Calvero (Chaplin), un tempo famoso e acclamato clown ma ormai alcolista cronico, salva una giovane ballerina, Terry (Claire Bloom), da un tentativo di suicidio. La porta a casa sua e cerca di reinfonderle fiducia nella vita: la ragazza è rimasta orfana da bambina e sua sorella è stata spinta a prostituirsi, ma grazie agli incoraggiamenti che riceve da Calvero, di fatto trasformatosi nel suo mèntore, Terry riprende coscienza delle sue possibilità e riacquisisce autostima, il che le permette di ritornare con successo al suo lavoro di ballerina.
- Release Date
- Runtime
- Keywords
- ballet dancer
- black and white
- clown
- Genres
- Drama
- Music
- Romance
- Languages
- English
- Origin Countries
- United States of America
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Production Companies
- Celebrated Productions
- United Artists
- Release Dates
- Theatrical G Astor and Trans Lux Theatres, New York City, New York
- Premiere London
- Theatrical G
- Physical 6 DVD
- Ratings
- TMDb 79% · 492 (more information on website)
- IMDb 80% · 22,092 (more information on website)
- Rotten Tomatoes® 90% (more information on website)
- metacritic 84% (more information on website)
Cast
Character | Person |
---|---|
Calvero | Charlie Chaplin |
Terry, a Dancer | Claire Bloom |
Postant, an Impresario | Nigel Bruce |
Calvero's Partner | Buster Keaton |
Neville | Sydney Chaplin |
Bodalink | Norman Lloyd |
Dancer | Andre Eglevsky |
Mrs. Alsop | Marjorie Bennett |
Thereza's Doctor | Wheeler Dryden |
John Redfern | Barry Bernard |
Claudius | Stapleton Kent |
Maid | Mollie Glessing |
Street Musician | Harry 'Snub' Pollard |
Little Girl in Opening Scene (uncredited) | Geraldine Chaplin |
Extra (uncredited) | Oona O'Neill Chaplin |
Mrs. Parker (uncredited) | Edna Purviance |
Music Hall Performer (uncredited) | Colin Kenny |
Griffin - Clown Outside Stage Door (uncredited) | Cyril Delevanti |
Dancer - Columbine | Melissa Hayden |
– | Marion Gray |
Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor | Leonard Mudie |
Music Hall Patron (uncredited) | James Carlisle |
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited) | Frank Hagney |
Newsboy (uncredited) | Charlie Hall |
Man in Music Hall Audience (uncredited) | Frank Mills |
Crew
Department | Job | Person |
---|---|---|
Art | Art Direction | Eugène Lourié |
Camera | Director of Photography | Karl Struss |
Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | Ted Larsen |
Directing | Assistant Director | Robert Aldrich |
Director | Charlie Chaplin | |
Editing | Editor | Joe Inge |
Production | Producer | Charlie Chaplin |
Sound | Original Music Composer | Charlie Chaplin |
Sound | Larry Russell | |
Ray Rasch | ||
Writing | Original Story | Charlie Chaplin |
Screenplay | Charlie Chaplin |