A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Acting
Chaplin's raw, self-lacerating farewell performance.
Score
Chaplin composed the Oscar-winning 'Eternally' himself.
Direction
The Keaton-Chaplin stage duet: two legends, one bittersweet moment.
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Calvero
Claire Bloom
Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose
Nigel Bruce
Postant
Buster Keaton
Calvero's Partner
Sydney Chaplin
Neville
Norman Lloyd
Bodalink
Andre Eglevsky
Dancer - Harlequin
Melissa Hayden
Dancer - Columbine
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Sybil Alsop
Wheeler Dryden
Thereza's Doctor
Barry Bernard
John Redfern
Leonard Mudie
Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor
Loyal Underwood
Street Musician
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chaplin waited 20 years to release this in America—his political exile made it impossible sooner. The 1972 Oscar for score was technically a 1952 film winning two decades late.
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