Limelight (Les Feux de la rampe)

Titre Limelight (Les Feux de la rampe)
Date de sortie
1952
Réalisateur
Charles Chaplin
Type
Noir et Blanc
Format
Genre
Durée
137
Importance du cirque
Sypnosis

London, summer 1914. Calvero, once a famous London stage clown is now a washed-up drunk. One day he saves his young neighbour and ex-dancer Theresa (« Terry ») from suicide and nurses her back to health. Terry having lost the use of her legs doesn’t enjoy life anymore. His doctor tells Calvero that her paralysis is mostly psychological. Theh old clown decides to bring his pretty neighbour enough renewed joy for her to walk again and regain her zest for life…

Casting

Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Marjorie Bennett, Wheeler Dryden

Société(s) de production
Celebrated Productions
Pays
Thématique
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