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Modern Times

Modern Times

He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

19368.31h 27m

Overview

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Produced by Charlie Chaplin
Box OfficeBudget: $1.5MRevenue: $1.8M

Top Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

A Gamin

Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman

Cafe Proprietor

Tiny Sandford

Tiny Sandford

Big Bill

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Mechanic

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Burglar

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Gamin's Father

Al Ernest Garcia

Al Ernest Garcia

President of the Electro Steel Corp.

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Prison Cellmate

C

Cecil Reynolds

Minister

Themes & Keywords

factoryambulanceinventionmental breakdowntrampgreat depressionindustrial revolutionslapstick comedyautomationjailhospitalblack and whitemachinepardonsilent filmunemploymentscrewdriverpolice arrestwrongful convictioncommunismassembly lineprison break attemptburglarssmugglinghilariousorphansmudodrogascocaínaprisão

About Modern Times

Modern Times is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1936 exploring themes of factory, ambulance, invention, mental breakdown, tramp, great depression. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman. A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

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