The Kid
USA 1921 / 68' / suitable for children 12 years and older
original version with Polish subtitles
written and directed by Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey, Henry Bergman
Prior to Chaplin’s film, there will be a screening of the short film “Świteź” / directed by Kamil Polak / Poland, Denmark, France, Canada, Switzerland 2010 / 20'
Produced at the Human Ark Studio in Warsaw by Kamil Polak and a group of his collaborators and friends, this animation is a daring adaptation of Adam Mickiewicz’s ballad. The film has been awarded at several national and international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Tickets: regular – PLN 10, reduced: -- PLN 8
In 2014 we will celebrate the 125th birthday anniversary of Charles Spencer Chaplin. A genius of cinema, scriptwriter, actor and producer, he is remembered by millions as Charlie the Tramp, who – dressed in his distinctive outfit -- travels the world in quest for unattainable happiness.
“The Kid” was Chaplin’s first full-length film. It is considered a breakthrough in the history of silent cinema, as from that moment on both Chaplin and his rivals: Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, would start making full-length movies. It is a bitter-sweet comedy-drama, with apt social observations and farcical gags. Even though the story about the friendship between the Tramp and abandoned boy has a happy end, the film is streaked with an undertone of bitterness, which is characteristic of Chaplin's style.