The Circus
- Year:
- 1928
- Running time:
- 72 minutes
- Certificate:
- U
- Directed by:
- Charles Chaplin
- Starring:
- Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker
Description
Charles Chaplin won an Honorary Academy Award for versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus. In this silent comedy, The Tramp finds himself at a circus, where he promptly gets chased by the police, who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the big top, The Tramp is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police and immediately gets hired by the ringmaster.- Genre:
- Comedy
- Country of origin:
- USA
- Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
- Feature Aspect Ratio:
- 4:3
- Picture:
- B&W
- Sound:
- 2.0 Dual Mono/5.1 DTS-HD
- Region Encoding:
- 2/B
- Catalogue Number:
- PC(B)0018
Extras
- Introduction by David Robinson (6 mins)
- Chaplin Today: The Circus - documentary (26 mins)
- Outtakes (26 mins)
- Photo gallery
What the press said
"It's clear that we're watching a performer at the peak of his powers" - Time Out New York