--- title: 'The Circus (1928)' type: 'film' director: 'Charlie Chaplin' released: '1928-01-06' runtime_minutes: 69 certification: 'G' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-circus-1928' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018773/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Circus (1928) 1928 · G · 69 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally. ## Credits - **Director:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) - **Screenplay:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) - **Original Music Composer:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) - **Producer:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) - **Editor:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) - **Director of Photography:** [Roland Totheroh](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-totheroh) ## Cast - [Al Ernest Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ernest-garcia) - [Stanley Blystone](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-blystone) - [Merna Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/merna-kennedy) - [Hugh Saxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-saxon) - [Henry Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-bergman) - [John Rand](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rand) - [Heinie Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinie-conklin) - [Steve Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-murphy) - [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin) as The Tramp - [Albert Austin](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-austin) - [Tiny Sandford](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiny-sandford) - [Jack Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pierce) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/biography/articles/1-Filming-the-Circus Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-circus-1928 Film facts: Wikidata (Q669929); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.