The circus

Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, ΗΠΑ/USA, 1928, 71 ́, DCP, α/μ/b&w, Xωρίς ήχο/Silent

The tramp finds refuge in a circus, because the police are after him as a pickpocket. He rushes into the circus ring, to the delight of the audience, and the circus-proprietor immediately hires him as a clown. The tramp falls in love with the beautiful bareback rider,the daughter of the proprietor, but the girl falls in love with a rival who is an acrobat. The two marry but return to the circus forcing the proprietor to hire the tramp again. Among the many comic scenes, memorable is the one, where the tramp gets in a lion’s cage. It was one of the most difficult and laborious scene to shoot in Charlie Chaplin’s career, as it was shot more than 200 times.

Charlie Chaplin // Charlie Chaplin, comic-actor, director, producer and music composer, is considered one of the most important figures of the silent era of cinema. He resisted the oligopoly of Hollywood’s studio system, when in 1919 he co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films.

Σενάριο-Σκηνοθεσία/Screenplay- Direction Charles Chaplin
Φωτογραφία/Cinematography Roland Totheroh
Μοντάζ/Editing Charles Chaplin
Μουσική/Music Charles Chaplin
Ηθοποιοί/Cast Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman
Παραγωγή/Producer Charles Chaplin
Αποκατάσταση/Restoration Restored in 4K from a second generation full frame dupe negative preserved by Roy Export Company S.A.S.
Πηγή κόπιας / Film Source MK2

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