Der Zirkus (1928)
Auf einem Rummelplatz wird Charlie wegen eines Taschendiebstahls, den ein anderer begangen hat, von der Polizei gejagt. Er flüchtet sich in ein Zirkuszelt, wo er mitten in die Vorstellung gerät und unfreiwillig Heiterkeit erzeugt. Er wird vom Zirkusdirektor als Clown angestellt, wegen Unfähigkeit sofort wieder entlassen, aber schließlich als ungeschickter Kulissenschieber doch noch eine Lachattraktion. Von der schönen Kunstreiterin, einer Stieftochter des Direktors erfährt er, wie sehr das Publikum ihn liebt und wie sehr er ausgebeutet wird. Er verliebt sich in sie und bemüht sich, sie vor den Rohheiten des Direktors zu schützen. Als sie sich ihrerseits in Rex, den König der Lüfte, verliebt, versucht er, den Rivalen auszustechen, indem er selbst auf das Hochseil geht...
Der Regisseur: Charlie Chaplin
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Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp |
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Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master |
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Merna Kennedy as The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider |
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Harry Crocker as Rex, a Tight Rope Walker |
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George Davis as A Magician |
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Henry Bergman as An Old Clown |
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Tiny Sandford as The Head Property Man |
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John Rand as An Assistant Property Man |
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Steve Murphy as A Pickpocket |
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Albert Austin as Clown (uncredited) |
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Chester A. Bachman as Cop (uncredited) |
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Eugene Barry as Cop (uncredited) |
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Jack Bernard as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) |
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Stanley Blystone as Cop (uncredited) |
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Heinie Conklin as Clown (uncredited) |
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Toraichi Kono as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
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H.L. Kyle as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) |
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Betty Morrissey as The Vanishing Lady (uncredited) |
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Jack Pierce as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited) |
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Wyn Ritchie Evans as Woman in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Hugh Saxon as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) |
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Doc Stone as The Prizefighter (uncredited) |
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Armand Triller as Clown (uncredited) |
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Max Tyron as Pickpocket Victim (uncredited) |
| Directing | Charlie Chaplin | Director |
| Writing | Charlie Chaplin | Writer |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Camera | Mark Marlatt | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Toraichi Kono | Driver |
| Crew | Henry East | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Harry Crocker | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Al Ernest Garcia | Casting |
| Camera | Jack Wilson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Alois Reiser | Conductor |
| Directing | Harry Crocker | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Tony Campanaro | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Charles Gay | Animal Wrangler |
| Directing | Della Steele | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Roland Totheroh | Director of Photography |
| Production | Charlie Chaplin | Producer |
| Sound | Lambert Williamson | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Charlie Chaplin | Theme Song Performance |
| Editing | Charlie Chaplin | Editor |
| Sound | Charlie Chaplin | Music |
