Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was the first true global celebrity. In an age of industrial misery, his character the Tramp, a dignified and clumsy vagrant, offered a human face. Without a word, he made people laugh and cry in Tokyo, Paris, and New York.
This course follows his path: from the origins of cinema to the masterpieces of the silent era, and then to forced exile. Chaplin was not only a clown. He was a complete author.
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- 2From the Cinematograph to Hollywood
- 3The Tramp, the universal outsider
- 4Resisting sound, facing the dictators
- 5Exile and the legacy of an author
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary12 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
