

The Circus
The Circus is Here!
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
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- Language
- No Language
- circus
- one-sided love
- tramp
- unrequited love
- black and white
- silent film
- employer employee relationship
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York6 Jan 1928
- TheatricalGRe-release3 May 1969
- PremiereSeattle International Film Festival5 Jun 2005
- PhysicalBluray24 Sept 2019
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalULondon12 Mar 1928
- TheatricalU8 Oct 1928
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG3 Apr 1928
CanadaCA
- Theatrical29 Jan 1928
ArgentinaAR
- TheatricalATP18 Jul 1928
- PremiereSan Luis Cine International Festival1 Nov 2008
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalAntwerp2 Mar 1928
- TheatricalGent (Re-release)29 Dec 1977
- PremiereGent International Film Festival26 Oct 2014
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL11 May 1959
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15 Jul 2021
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical22 Feb 1928
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS9 Apr 1928
- TheatricalSRe-release30 May 1969
- TheatricalSRe-release18 Dec 1981
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPRe-release16 Apr 1969
- TheatricalTPArsenal, Metz5 Feb 2011
- PremiereTPFestival International du Film de La Rochelle31 Jul 2012
- TheatricalTPParis Cinéma31 Jul 2012
- PhysicalTPDVD3 Oct 2012
- PremiereTPToulon Festival International des Musiques d'Écran20 Nov 2012
- TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)10 Jul 2019
- TVTPà 22h20 sur Arte•tv2 Jan 2020
- Digital / OTTTPsur Arte•tv29 Apr 2025
GermanyDE
- TVWest Germany11 May 1959
- Theatrical6Re-release12 Jun 1997
- PhysicalDVD6 May 2010
Frequently asked questions
The Circus was released on 6 January 1928.
Audience reviews
2- T10/10
talisencrw
4/13/2016
When I'm faced with challenges in my life, I am somewhat heartened by something I learned as a child, that an oyster has to be irritated by a grain of sand in order to eventually make a pearl. That knowledge always made the load I was carrying seem less significant, and helped me to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Cinematically speaking, at least in the fine age of silent movies, one of the most …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/10/2025
This is definitely my favourite Charlie Chaplin outing for the “Tramp” as he alights at the circus and discovers that he has quite a penchant for entertaining the crowds. Of course, we only discover this after a few mishaps with the police who think he’s a vagrant trained by “Fagin” lead him to the big top where his antics cause ructions of laughter. The boss of this enterprise knows he’s onto a winner, but not to a …
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