When images spoke without words and laughter echoed loud. Slapstick, Chaplin, and the magic of cinema’s very first steps.

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The conception of Charlot's character, the adult with the golden heart and the mischief of a child, two entities that complement each other naturally causing laughter and tears in alternation.

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Charlot picks up a baby off the street and decides to raise it. Five years later, the two of them work together, as the kid breaks windows and Charlot fixes them for money. At the same time, the mother of the child, who became a famous singer, tries to find her kid.

The Kid

One of the rare dramatic creations of Charlie Chaplin's silent period, about a woman who is torn for love during the '20s in Paris. The film provoked debate in its time, with the audience rejecting a Chaplin film in which he was not the protagonist but was reassessed over the decades.

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Against the wishes of their tyrannical parents, a couple decides to leave together for Paris. But the sudden death of the man's father makes him fail to meet her at the station. A year goes by and he is getting off... in the arms of a rich and corrupt playboy. It's just the beginning of the tragedy to come. Extremely controversial in its time, Chaplin's dramatic turn has influenced creators such as Ljubic and Scorsese and has been re-evaluated over the decades.

A Woman of Paris

Delirium made at a time when silent cinema was perfected, just before its inglorious finale foreseen by Chaplin, who honors the genre along with all the kinds of physical comedy that had entertained generations of audiences and were about to give way to something new.

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The Little Tramp is hired by a circus and soon becomes the main attraction when his comedic blunders drive the crowd wild. Having fallen in love with the ringmaster’s daughter, he doesn’t even realize he is the show’s main feature. In this high-flying comedy, we are quickly caught up in Chaplin’s whirlwind of gags, where even the acrobats and clowns watch his show-stopping stunts from the sidelines.

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Honorary Award | Oscars | 1929

The Circus

Poetry in motion; the triumph of choreographed kinesiology that shaped the anarchic rules of the silent cinema in the best and purest full-length comedy of Chaplin's  silent period.

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An adventurer embarks on the great journey to Alaska, where he hopes to discover gold. There he will end up fighting for survival, getting involved in hilarious adventures and falling in love.

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Nominated for Best Sound Recording | Oscars | 1943
Nominated for Best Music | Oscars | 1943

The Gold Rush

One of the most famous films in the history of cinema, Keaton's one-man show combines comedy and action, starting from the Civil War, having an influence even on blockbusters like “Mad Max: Fury Road”. This movie was acknowledged by the Congress as a historically and aesthetically significant piece.

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Civil War, 1862. A man is refused by the army because he is more useful as an engineer than as a soldier. His girlfriend, not understanding the reason, shuns him as a coward. He decides to prove her wrong by going in pursuit of a group of Northern spies who stole both his train and his girl.

1920s