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Limelight (1952)

★ 7.9 · 603 ratings on TMDB

The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!

Limelight poster★ 7.9

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

DirectorCharlie Chaplin
CastAndre Eglevsky, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Marjorie Bennett, Melissa Hayden
GenresComedy, Drama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Limelight keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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