CHARLES CHAPLIN

In 1959, Chaplin recut and re-released three silent comedies, "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" into a form of a single feature length film. Chaplin provided new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material.

When Chaplin decided to introduce the idea of dialogue to the cinema for the first time, he made a timeless and humanitarian satire on the horrors of war and the monster called fascism, thus prejudging the following five terrible years. "We think too much but feel too little". — Charlie Chaplin writes, directs and stars in The Great Dictator. The story of Dictator Adenoid Hinkel who tries to expand his empire, while a poor Jewish barber struggles to escape capture by the former's soldiers. — Nominated for Best Picture | Oscars | 1941 Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Chaplin) | Oscars | 1941 Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Oakie) | Oscars | 1941 Nominated for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 1941 Nominated for Best Original Score | Oscars | 1941

The Industrial Revolution through cinema, a belated welcome to the 20th century with unimaginable kinesiology that unites man and machine in a common rhythm, in the interest of our productivity, political analysis and entertainment. — Subjected to the infernal production rate of the factory, a model worker suddenly has a nervous breakdown and goes mad. From hospital, to prison, to unemployment, the Little Tramp gets caught up in the sprockets and cogs of modern industrialization. That is, until he comes across a beautiful orphaned gamine, whom he helps escape from the police. How to break free from the constraints of modern life? Chaplin provides a critical look at productivity in the early 20th century… and well beyond!

The film for which Charlie Chaplin won his only competitive Oscar, 20 years after it was produced! He was the victim of intense reactions and boycotts during its initial release but was discussed and reassessed as one of his masterpieces. Buster Keaton takes part. — Depressed due to her seemingly failed dance career, a dancer tries to commit suicide but a bankrupt, once-famous clown will save her life. He will not only help her improve her health, but he will also redeem his own self-esteem. When the dancer proposes to him, their age difference will scare him and he will have an important decision to make. — Best Original Music | Oscars | 1973

Charlie Chaplin's final starring role. A comical and satirical view into the McCarthyism period, written and directed by the Hollywood legend while in exile from the U.S., where the movie premiered 15 years overdue. — When a European monarch is exiled from his country by its rebels, he will seek refuge in New York during the '50s, with nothing of his own. Having done theater in the past, he will get a job in TV commercials and he will accidentally become a celebrity. But soon everything will take an unexpected turn since, as soon as he becomes friends with a 10-year-old boy, he will be accused of being a communist.

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. — 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.

Innocence’s epilogue was brought upon by the war and the transformation of the once funny jester into a delightfully cynical figure was something that the world was not yet ready to digest. Although unfavourably acclaimed in its time, it’s now regarded, not unfairly, as his black masterpiece. — Inspired by notorious French serial killer Landru, Henri Verdoux lures wealthy women by promising them sweet happy-everafters. After the wedding bells chime, however, he murders them for their fortunes. In this particularly dark comedy, Chaplin questions our perception of evil: isn’t this refined criminal a mere amateur compared to weapons suppliers and dictators? We stand ready to condemn a murderer, but when war victims are counted in millions, we celebrate a hero! — Nominated for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 1948

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. — 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. — Nominated for Best Sound Recording | Oscars | 1943 Nominated for Best Music | Oscars | 1943

One of the most classical movies of all times, with a constant position in the top-50 imdb movies. Chaplin's famous hero falls in love with a blind girl and the rest is cinematic history. — A young troublemaker falls in love with a beautiful blind girl whose family is in dire financial condition. The friendly relationship of the boy with a rich man will give him the chance to help his beloved in one of the most iconic films of the first cinematic century.

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. — 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. — Honorary Award | Oscars | 1929

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. — 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.