The Count

1916 · directed by Charlie Chaplin

Rating

64/100

Hit

no

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

The Count (1916), directed by Charlie Chaplin, rates 64/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Charlie Chaplin
• Edna Purviance
• Eric Campbell
• Leo White
• Henry Bergman
• Charlotte Mineau
• James T. Kelley
• Eva Thatcher
• Albert Austin
• John Rand

Crew

• Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography
• William C. Foster — Director of Photography
• Charlie Chaplin — Editor
• Charlie Chaplin — Screenplay
• Maverick Terrell — Screenplay
• Vincent Bryan — Screenplay

More from Charlie Chaplin

1. City Lights (1931) — 99/100 · hit
2. The Gold Rush (1925) — 95/100 · hit
3. Modern Times (1936) — 89/100 · hit
4. The Kid (1921) — 89/100 · hit
5. The Great Dictator (1940) — 87/100 · hit
6. The Circus (1928) — 85/100 · hit

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