A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
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The people behind it
Charlie Chaplin
The Saloon Violinist
Edna Purviance
The Gypsy Drudge
Eric Campbell
The Gypsy Chief
Charlotte Mineau
The Mother
Albert Austin
Trombonist (uncredited)
Phyllis Allen
(uncredited)
Lloyd Bacon
Artist (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Frank J. Coleman
Gypsy and Musician (uncredited)
James T. Kelley
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Scene 23, Slow pan The wind whistles over the dykes of the Willebroek Canal. Armand sighs. The viewer should feel goose bumps under their thick sweater. Make it clear that at this moment, Armand is craving a cup of Borain coffee. Scene 456, Armand's farm Armand puts down his coffee cup. Through the window, he sees a beautiful Romanian refugee with AIDS playing the cello in the beet field. Behind Armand, his wife, a former RTBF announcer, commits suicide by hitting herself with hot potatoes. Scene 2,347, sublime landscape of Flanders Armand can't take it anymore: will he choose the position of deputy for the Vlaamse Blok or that of puppeteer subsidized by the CUCF? No one can say.
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