Mithilfe eines reichen, aber launischen Gewohnheitstrinkers häuft ein vertrauensseliger Vagabund, der sich in ein blindes Blumenmädchen verliebt hat, möglichst viel Geld an, um ihr medizinis... Alles lesenMithilfe eines reichen, aber launischen Gewohnheitstrinkers häuft ein vertrauensseliger Vagabund, der sich in ein blindes Blumenmädchen verliebt hat, möglichst viel Geld an, um ihr medizinische Hilfe zukommen zu lassen.Mithilfe eines reichen, aber launischen Gewohnheitstrinkers häuft ein vertrauensseliger Vagabund, der sich in ein blindes Blumenmädchen verliebt hat, möglichst viel Geld an, um ihr medizinische Hilfe zukommen zu lassen.
- Auszeichnungen
- 4 wins total
Charles Chaplin
- A Tramp
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Al Ernest Garcia
- The Millionaire's Butler
- (as Allan Garcia)
Johnny Aber
- Newsboy
- (Nicht genannt)
Jack Alexander
- Boxing Match Spectator
- (Nicht genannt)
T.S. Alexander
- Doctor
- (Nicht genannt)
Victor Alexander
- Superstitious Boxer
- (Nicht genannt)
Albert Austin
- Street Sweeper
- (Nicht genannt)
- …
Harry Ayers
- Cop
- (Nicht genannt)
Eddie Baker
- Boxing Fight Referee
- (Nicht genannt)
Henry Bergman
- Mayor
- (Nicht genannt)
- …
Edward Biby
- Nightclub Patron
- (Nicht genannt)
Betty Blair
- Woman at Center of Table in Restaurant
- (Nicht genannt)
Buster Brodie
- Bald Party Guest
- (Nicht genannt)
Jeanne Carpenter
- Diner in Restaurant
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesChaplin re-shot the scene in which the Little Tramp buys a flower from the blind flower-girl 342 times, as he could not find a satisfactory way of showing that she thought the mute tramp was wealthy.
- Patzer(at around 50 mins) When the man swallows part of the Tramp's soap and starts spraying bubbles, the tube used to spray the bubbles is clearly visible behind him.
- Zitate
The Tramp: You can see now?
A Blind Girl: Yes, I can see now.
- Alternative VersionenAbout seven minutes of footage of Georgia Hale playing the flower girl exists and is included in the 2003 DVD release. The footage was shot during a brief period when the actress originally cast to play the character had been fired and replaced with Hale, but Charles Chaplin was forced to resume filming with the original actress due to the amount of film already shot.
- VerbindungenEdited into Geschichte(n) des Kinos: Fatale beauté (1994)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Film has become a medium that is strongly influenced by nostalgia. Old films have become journeys to the past; ways to visit times and people that no longer are. Since film is an art that is based on the innovation of previous works, it has an element of nostalgia in its foundation. We look on the old to find what elements should make up the new. In City Lights, and other silent works of film, a passion emerges that is uniquely honest and sincere. While watching the film, I was impressed that Chaplin really did love the story, the sets, the crew; the whole project. While this may not have been the complete reality, it felt that way, and thus made the film more enjoyable. In silent films the audience is forced to be completely reliable on the visual elements of the film; there are no elaborate sound effects or dialogue to provoke an emotional response.
Since film is at its very core a visual medium, I find silent films to be the basic form of the medium. I don't use the word basic here in a demeaning sense, but I compare the beauty of silent films to the beauty of early European art, before the concept of perspective was developed in the Renaissance. Many books and tomes featured people as tall as the castles they stood in; these works of art were not technologically advanced, but they were, and are, beautiful. The same example is found when comparing early darreographs of wild animals to contemporary photographs found in National Geographic. There is a warmth found in City Lights, and other Chaplin films (The Kid, Modern Times) that would be lost in the sea of cinematic technology that floods films today. Maybe it's just that with simplicity comes honesty, and honesty is perhaps the most powerful emotion that can cross through the screen and be felt by the viewer.
Since film is at its very core a visual medium, I find silent films to be the basic form of the medium. I don't use the word basic here in a demeaning sense, but I compare the beauty of silent films to the beauty of early European art, before the concept of perspective was developed in the Renaissance. Many books and tomes featured people as tall as the castles they stood in; these works of art were not technologically advanced, but they were, and are, beautiful. The same example is found when comparing early darreographs of wild animals to contemporary photographs found in National Geographic. There is a warmth found in City Lights, and other Chaplin films (The Kid, Modern Times) that would be lost in the sea of cinematic technology that floods films today. Maybe it's just that with simplicity comes honesty, and honesty is perhaps the most powerful emotion that can cross through the screen and be felt by the viewer.
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- Budget
- 1.500.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 19.181 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 9.102 $
- 8. Juli 2007
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 55.154 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 27 Minuten
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