Screening "The Circus"

As part of the “Clowns in Progress” Festival 2025

The festival opens with "The Circus," a wonderful film that brings to life the art of the great Charlie Chaplin!.
A poet of slapstick, the character of Charlot continues to inspire countless artists. In this film, he tests the comic potential of the circus world. The gags come fast, often acrobatic, and always finely crafted with the precision that only Chaplin was capable of.

• Written and by Charlie Chaplin
• USA, 1928
• With: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Henry Bergman
• Silent film
• 1h12

While fleeing from the police, a tramp finds himself on the circus grounds. His clumsiness causes the audience to burst into laughter, leading the director to hire him as a clown…