IMDb-BEWERTUNG
8,1/10
36.042
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Der Tramp findet Arbeit bei einem Zirkus und das Mädchen seiner Träume.Der Tramp findet Arbeit bei einem Zirkus und das Mädchen seiner Träume.Der Tramp findet Arbeit bei einem Zirkus und das Mädchen seiner Träume.
- Auszeichnungen
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Charles Chaplin
- A Tramp
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Al Ernest Garcia
- The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
- (as Allan Garcia)
Tiny Sandford
- The Head Property Man
- (as Stanley J. Sandford)
Albert Austin
- Clown
- (Nicht genannt)
Chester A. Bachman
- Cop
- (Nicht genannt)
Eugene Barry
- Cop
- (Nicht genannt)
Jack Bernard
- Man in Circus Audience
- (Nicht genannt)
Stanley Blystone
- Cop
- (Nicht genannt)
Heinie Conklin
- Clown
- (Nicht genannt)
Toraichi Kono
- Man in Circus Audience
- (Unbestätigt)
- (Nicht genannt)
H.L. Kyle
- Man in Circus Audience
- (Nicht genannt)
Betty Morrissey
- The Vanishing Lady
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesIn the 1969 reissue, the 80-year-old Sir Charles Chaplin sang the title song.
- PatzerAfter the tramp washes the shaving cream from his face, he dries himself with a towel, but the towel never touches his face. (This is probably so that it won't mess up the stage makeup.)
- Zitate
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master: Go ahead and be funny.
- Alternative VersionenCharles Chaplin replaced the original credits of this film when he reissued it in 1969. In their place, there is an opening scene featuring Merna Kennedy on the trapeze while Chaplin sings a song, then the image fades to the credits of that version with no cast nor technical credits.
- VerbindungenFeatured in The Circus: Premiere (1928)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Perfect Chaplin, Perfect Comedy...
The Circus (1928)
Charlie Chaplin had a string of silent feature films in the 1920s that were and are his classics, ending with a couple of amazing capstones in the 1930s. And though he is famous for having carried on the silent tradition well beyond everyone else (understandably, given his style), this one finished shooting only three weeks after the first talkie, so this is a true cusp film. And it took two years to plan and film (starting in 1926).
And in some ways this is the best of them all for the simple reason that it avoids that occasional cloying sentimentality that you either love or tolerate in his other classics. It's a pure, light, clever, cinematically sophisticated comedy. And the physical tricks, the timing of certain gags, is breathtaking. It also has a deeply satisfying ending, shot in 1927...which you might see echo of in the last moments of "Being There" with Peter Sellars, from 1999.
"The Circus" is just over an hour and it never flags, never repeats, is never strained. Chaplin had the rare ability to do the most outrageous things and make them seem perfectly plausible--even though we know better. It's partly because he would do dozens of takes, "perserverance to the point of madness," as he said, until it felt right.
A note on the sound. This was a true silent film on its release. In the 1960s and 70s, Chaplin created musical soundtracks, composed by himself (and made edits, as well) for his earlier features. The song sung over the opening credits on the Warner Bros. DVD is Chaplin himself, as an old man, singing a song he composed. It's not really legit, in terms of period (1928), but it feels good. The music is fairly innocuous, but a bit too emphatic at times. Still, it's better than the add-on tracks most silent films get these days, and Chaplin was smart to have paid it attention.
Most of all, this is funny, uncompromised Chaplin genius. Maybe the best way to get introducted to his large body of work. See it!!
Charlie Chaplin had a string of silent feature films in the 1920s that were and are his classics, ending with a couple of amazing capstones in the 1930s. And though he is famous for having carried on the silent tradition well beyond everyone else (understandably, given his style), this one finished shooting only three weeks after the first talkie, so this is a true cusp film. And it took two years to plan and film (starting in 1926).
And in some ways this is the best of them all for the simple reason that it avoids that occasional cloying sentimentality that you either love or tolerate in his other classics. It's a pure, light, clever, cinematically sophisticated comedy. And the physical tricks, the timing of certain gags, is breathtaking. It also has a deeply satisfying ending, shot in 1927...which you might see echo of in the last moments of "Being There" with Peter Sellars, from 1999.
"The Circus" is just over an hour and it never flags, never repeats, is never strained. Chaplin had the rare ability to do the most outrageous things and make them seem perfectly plausible--even though we know better. It's partly because he would do dozens of takes, "perserverance to the point of madness," as he said, until it felt right.
A note on the sound. This was a true silent film on its release. In the 1960s and 70s, Chaplin created musical soundtracks, composed by himself (and made edits, as well) for his earlier features. The song sung over the opening credits on the Warner Bros. DVD is Chaplin himself, as an old man, singing a song he composed. It's not really legit, in terms of period (1928), but it feels good. The music is fairly innocuous, but a bit too emphatic at times. Still, it's better than the add-on tracks most silent films get these days, and Chaplin was smart to have paid it attention.
Most of all, this is funny, uncompromised Chaplin genius. Maybe the best way to get introducted to his large body of work. See it!!
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- 11. Jan. 2011
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Offizielle Standorte
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- Auch bekannt als
- The Circus
- Drehorte
- Glendale, Kalifornien, USA(ending exterior scenes - the circus wagons depart south on Verdugo Rd. from Glenoaks Blvd.)
- Produktionsfirma
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Box Office
- Budget
- 900.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 31.718 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 12 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.33 : 1
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