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The Chaplin Revue

Original title

Shoulder Arms

Year

1918

Running time

36 min.

Country

United States

Director

Charles Chaplin

Screenwriter

Charles Chaplin

Cast

Cinematography

Roland Totheroh (B&W)

Producer

Charles Chaplin

Genre

Comedy | I World War. Half-length Film. Silent Film

Synopsis

Charlie is in boot camp in the "awkward squad." in the IWW. Once in France he gets no letters from home. He finally gets a package containing limburger cheese which requires a gas mask and which he throws over into the German trench. He goes "over the top" and captures thirteen Germans ("I surrounded them"), then volunteers to wander through the German lines disguised as a tree trunk. With the help of a French girl he captures the Kaiser and the Crown Prince and is given a statue and victory parade in New York and then ... fellow soldiers wake him from his dream.

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#52 Best Medium-Length Movies of all time

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Shoulder Arms

1918

Charles Chaplin

7.3

(2,925)