Limelight

Chaplin directs Chaplin in this clown-opus, a film with a specific agenda. An aging stage performer saves a young dancer from despair. It all resolves a little too neatly, but that was always part of the plan.

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Charlie Chaplin directed Limelight in 1952. See Charlie Chaplin's full filmography, where to start with Charlie Chaplin, or where to go after you've seen everything by Charlie Chaplin.

Limelight was released in 1952 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 137 minutes.