Modern Times
“He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!”
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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Cast
43 people
Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
Known for
The Great Dictator
City Lights
Paulette Goddard
A Gamin
Known for
The Great Dictator
Reap the Wild Wind
Henry Bergman
Cafe Proprietor
Known for
The Gold Rush
The Circus
Tiny Sandford
Big Bill
Known for
The Circus
Pardon Us
Chester Conklin
Mechanic
Known for
The Great Dictator
Those Love Pangs
Hank Mann
Burglar
Known for
City Lights
The Great Dictator
Stanley Blystone
Gamin's Father
Known for
Dark Command
Al Ernest Garcia
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
Known for
The Circus
City Lights
Richard Alexander
Prison Cellmate
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
City Girl
Cecil Reynolds
Minister
Mira McKinney
Minister's Wife
Also in
The Groom Wore Spurs
Trail of the Rustlers
Murdock MacQuarrie
J. Widdecombe Billows
Also in
By the Sun's Rays
The Return of Chandu
Charlie Chaplin Director · Roland Totheroh Cinematographer Ira H. Morgan Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $1.5M · United States release February 12, 1936
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Worldwide gross
$1,800,000
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
Charles Chaplin Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
The Masses
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Türkiye · February 5, 1936
Theatrical
United States · February 12, 1936
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
February 5, 1936 · Premiere · Rivoli Theatre, New York City, New York
February 20, 1936 · Theatrical · Detroit, Michigan
February 25, 1936 · Theatrical
June 20, 2003 · Premiere · Oxford Film Festival
December 25, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
March 26, 2022 · Premiere · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Argentina
August 4, 1936 · Theatrical
July 4, 1961 · Theatrical · Re-release
Australia
February 17, 1938 · Theatrical
September 2, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Austria
July 1, 1956 · Theatrical
December 19, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Belgium
February 11, 1972 · Theatrical · Re-release
Brazil
March 30, 1936 · Theatrical
February 14, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Canada
February 14, 1936 · Theatrical
Chile
May 7, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
China
September 17, 1936 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Croatia
April 11, 1936 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 21, 2003 · Physical · DVD
January 13, 2005 · Theatrical · Re-release
Denmark
March 16, 1936 · Theatrical
May 19, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
Finland
April 12, 1936 · Theatrical
October 19, 1973 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
March 13, 1936 · Theatrical
June 4, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 10, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release, restored version
Germany
March 30, 1956 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 3, 1980 · TV · East Germany
March 6, 1997 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
March 27, 1936 · Theatrical
September 5, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hong Kong SAR China
May 7, 1937 · Theatrical
February 5, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hungary
October 7, 1936 · Theatrical
Indonesia
November 22, 2025 · Limited theatrical
Ireland
October 16, 1936 · Theatrical
Italy
March 12, 1937 · Theatrical
Japan
February 1, 1938 · Theatrical
November 25, 1972 · Theatrical · Re-release
Mexico
June 20, 1936 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 27, 1936 · Theatrical
April 12, 1973 · Theatrical · Re-release
September 24, 2005 · TV · Nederland 3
August 23, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
November 10, 2010 · Physical · DVD
December 19, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release, restored version
Norway
March 23, 1936 · Theatrical
September 6, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Poland
June 5, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
March 2, 1937 · Theatrical
February 11, 1972 · Theatrical · Re-release
Russia
July 13, 1936 · Theatrical
Russia
February 17, 2004 · Physical · DVD
July 5, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
November 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 16, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Slovakia
September 15, 2005 · Theatrical · Re-release
Slovenia
May 29, 1936 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 9, 1989 · Theatrical
March 19, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
March 12, 1936 · Theatrical
August 29, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
April 16, 1936 · Theatrical
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical · Re-release
United Arab Emirates
August 24, 2015 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
February 11, 1936 · Theatrical
February 8, 1972 · Theatrical · Re-release
Uruguay
May 14, 1936 · Theatrical
XC
December 31, 1975 · TV
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