1914年夏天,倫敦一所單身公寓。芭蕾舞女演員塞瑞拉·安布羅斯(克萊爾·布魯姆 Claire Bloom飾)在自己的房間里,打開煤氣企圖自殺。萬幸的是,喝得醉醺醺,剛回家的鄰居卡爾費羅(查理·卓別林 Charles Chaplin飾)正好救了她。等賽瑞拉蘇醒以后,卡爾費羅才得知她是因為患了風濕不能再跳舞,才產生輕生的念頭。而卡爾費羅曾經是一名偉大的喜劇演員。他悉心的照料著賽瑞拉,并用自己的滑稽喜劇...
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai s...
二十年代的美國處于經濟蕭條時期,失業率居高不下,工人受盡壓榨,成為了大機器生產中的一顆螺絲釘。查理(查理·卓別林 Charles Chaplin 飾)就是一個底層市民,他在一個機器隆隆的廠房里日以繼夜地工作,以賺取微薄的收入。重復繁重的工作壓得他喘不過氣,他把人們的鼻子當成螺絲釘來擰,卷入流水線機器的皮帶里,令人苦笑不得。...
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house's owner, catches them and calls the pol...
Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work p...