The pilgrim (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The pilgrim |
| Original title | The Pilgrim |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1923 |
| length | 38 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Chaplin |
| script | Charles Chaplin |
| production | Charles Chaplin |
| camera | Roland Totheroh |
| cut | Charles Chaplin |
| occupation | |
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The Pilgrim is an American silent comedy film directed by and with Charles Chaplin from 1923.
action
Charlie is a prisoner who has escaped from prison, who steals the clothing of a clergyman while on the run and is henceforth taken for a pastor. The new “preacher” is welcomed in a small town, and Charlie quickly takes a liking to his new home, especially since a pretty young girl catches his eye here. But first he has to pass a difficult test: How do you hold a church service if you have no idea about the liturgy? Charlie solves the situation in the church, among other things, by telling the story of David and Goliath in pantomime in such a way that the adults are rather irritated, but a child present applauds enthusiastically.
Soon a former inmate appears who wants to bring Charlie back on the path of vice and deprives the girl's mother of her savings. Charlie, who is completely absorbed in his new existence, makes sure that the mother gets her money back.
But the local sheriff discovers Charlie's true identity when he recognizes him on a wanted poster. Convinced of Charlie's good core, he brings the escapist and false clergy to the Mexican border. There the sheriff orders Charlie to pick flowers. In reality, however, the law enforcement officer wants to enable him to escape to freedom. But Charlie doesn't understand. He picks the flowers on the Mexican side and comes back to the American side. Annoyed by so much ignorance, the sheriff gives Charlie a kick - which throws him back to the Mexican side. But freedom has its downsides: Bandidos shooting wildly around each other don't make Charlie's life on the other side of the border safer. And so he walks with one foot on the Mexican side and the other on the American side, caught between unpredictable pistoleros and a stubborn sheriff.
background
The short film, shot in 1922, had its world premiere on January 24, 1923 in New York City . The film was banned in the US state of Pennsylvania because it allegedly ridiculed the priesthood. In Germany, where Der Pilger was released at Christmas 1929, the film was also shown under the title Charlie Chaplin - Haunted Innocence .
The four-year-old screenwriter Dean Riesner was the son of the later director Charles Reisner , who also worked here .
Reviews
“The film's much-quoted highlight is Chaplin's first sermon in his new sphere of activity, in which he amazes parishioners with a pantomime of the fight between David and Goliath. But it is not such showcases that make the film important: What is more important is the consistency with which Chaplin portrays his hero's cheerful innocence in a turbulent world. Typical of this is the end when the little pilgrim hops between two countries, as it were homeless, because he knows that hardship awaits him here and there. "
“The famous final shot in which Chaplin walks with one leg each in the USA and Mexico along the border of two states in which he has no business, is perhaps his most successful metaphor for the loneliness of the tramp in a world that is in perpetuity exhausted of superficial conventions. "
Star comedy with more sentiment than laughter.
Web links
- The pilgrims in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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- ↑ The pilgrim. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2017 .
- ↑ See Bucher's encyclopedia of the film. Lucerne and Frankfurt / M. 1977, page 596
- ↑ Kay Less film archive , based on film programs