Comedy · Drama · Romance
American
1936 · Directed by Charlie Chaplin · 87 min
A factory worker, a lone orphaned young woman and a world that keeps finding new ways to push them out. Chaplin's last great Tramp comedy blends slapstick set pieces with a tender love story, set in the harsh conditions of the Depression.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining late work of silent-era comedy and one of the best-known screen responses to industrialisation and the Great Depression, it marks the close of the Tramp's career.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a comedy about bodies versus systems: how the Tramp's movements bend to the rhythm of whatever machine or institution surrounds him.
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