The Circus

(1928)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 916 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1928

Runtime: 72 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Чарли Чаплин

Cast: Чарли Чаплин, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, Джордж Дэвис, Генри Бергман, Tiny Sandford, Джон Рэнд, Steve Murphy, Albert Austin

Plot

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he is promptly chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the Bigtop, he is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police. The circus owner immediately hires him, but discovers that the Tramp cannot be funny on purpose, so he takes advantage of the situation by making the Tramp a janitor who just happens to always be in the Bigtop at showtime. Unaware of this exploitation, the Tramp falls for the owner's lovely acrobatic stepdaughter, who is abused by her father. His chances seem good, until a dashing rival comes in and Charlie feels he has to compete with him.