Movie 'The Circus'
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The Circus is Here!
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
English
- a.k.a. The Traveller Working Title
German (Deutsch)
Auf einem Rummelplatz wird Charlie wegen eines Taschendiebstahls, den ein anderer begangen hat, von der Polizei gejagt. Er flüchtet sich in ein Zirkuszelt, wo er mitten in die Vorstellung gerät und unfreiwillig Heiterkeit erzeugt. Er wird vom Zirkusdirektor als Clown angestellt, wegen Unfähigkeit sofort wieder entlassen, aber schließlich als ungeschickter Kulissenschieber doch noch eine Lachattraktion. Von der schönen Kunstreiterin, einer Stieftochter des Direktors erfährt er, wie sehr das Publikum ihn liebt und wie sehr er ausgebeutet wird. Er verliebt sich in sie und bemüht sich, sie vor den Rohheiten des Direktors zu schützen. Als sie sich ihrerseits in Rex, den König der Lüfte, verliebt, versucht er, den Rivalen auszustechen, indem er selbst auf das Hochseil geht...
French (Français)
Charlot, pris pour un pickpocket, se réfugie dans un cirque et déboule sur la piste en plein spectacle. Son arrivée fait rire le public et le directeur l'engage aussitôt comme clown. Charlot devient amoureux de l'écuyère mais son rival le fait renvoyer.
Italian (Italiano)
Disoccupato, inseguito da un poliziotto, Charlot trova rifugio e lavoro in un circo come clown (involontario) e s'innamora della cavallerizza. Pur nella ricchezza delle invenzioni comiche (Charlot sulla corda, assalito dalle scimmie; il baraccone degli specchi, ecc.), appare un riepilogo di motivi già sfruttati, ma approfondisce con tristezza struggente la dimensione sentimentale del suo personaggio di reietto. ("Un debole omino calpestato/ da Los Angeles a qui/ recita attraverso gli oceani..." V. Majakovskij.) Quando, però, il film che lo stesso autore non teneva tra i suoi più riusciti ritornò in circolazione negli anni '60, in una nuova edizione musicata dallo stesso Chaplin, esso incantò un'altra generazione di spettatori. Non a caso Federico Fellini lo adorava.
- Release Date
- Runtime
- Keywords
- black and white
- circus
- employer employee relationship
- little tramp
- preserved film
- silent film
- tramp
- Genres
- Comedy
- Family
- Romance
- Languages
- English
- No Language
- Origin Countries
- United States of America
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Production Companies
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- Release Dates
- Premiere New York City, New York
- Theatrical
- Theatrical U London
- Theatrical G
- Theatrical U
- Theatrical
- TV West Germany
- Theatrical TP Re-release
- Theatrical G Re-release
- Theatrical 6 Re-release
- Premiere Seattle International Film Festival
- Physical DVD
- Theatrical TP Arsenal, Metz
- Premiere Festival International du Film de La Rochelle
- Theatrical TP Paris Cinéma
- Physical DVD
- Premiere Toulon Festival International des Musiques d'Écran
- Theatrical TP Re-release (Restored Version)
- Physical Bluray
- Ratings
- TMDb 80% · 784 (more information on website)
- IMDb 81% · 36,711 (more information on website)
- Rotten Tomatoes® 97% (more information on website)
- metacritic 90% (more information on website)
Cast
Character | Person |
---|---|
A Tramp | Charlie Chaplin |
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master | Al Ernest Garcia |
The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider | Merna Kennedy |
Rex, a Tight Rope Walker | Harry Crocker |
A Magician | George Davis |
An Old Clown | Henry Bergman |
The Head Property Man | Tiny Sandford |
An Assistant Property Man | John Rand |
A Pickpocket | Steve Murphy |
Clown (uncredited) | Albert Austin |
Cop (uncredited) | Chester A. Bachman |
Cop (uncredited) | Eugene Barry |
Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) | Jack Bernard |
Cop (uncredited) | Stanley Blystone |
Clown (uncredited) | Heinie Conklin |
Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | Toraichi Kono |
Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) | H.L. Kyle |
The Vanishing Lady (uncredited) | Betty Morrissey |
Man Operating Ropes (uncredited) | Jack Pierce |
Woman in Crowd (uncredited) | Wyn Ritchie Evans |
Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) | Hugh Saxon |
The Prizefighter (uncredited) | Doc Stone |
Clown (uncredited) | Armand Triller |
Pickpocket Victim (uncredited) | Max Tyron |
Crew
Department | Job | Person |
---|---|---|
Art | Art Direction | Charles D. Hall |
Camera | Camera Operator | Jack Wilson |
Mark Marlatt | ||
Director of Photography | Roland Totheroh | |
Crew | Animal Wrangler | Charles Gay |
Henry East | ||
Tony Campanaro | ||
Driver | Toraichi Kono | |
Unit Publicist | Harry Crocker | |
Directing | Assistant Director | Harry Crocker |
Director | Charlie Chaplin | |
Script Supervisor | Della Steele | |
Editing | Editor | Charlie Chaplin |
Production | Casting | Al Ernest Garcia |
Producer | Charlie Chaplin | |
Sound | Conductor | Alois Reiser |
Music | Charlie Chaplin | |
Music Arranger | Lambert Williamson | |
Theme Song Performance | Charlie Chaplin | |
Writing | Writer | Charlie Chaplin |