Der Vagabund Und Das Kind (1923).mp4 Apr 2026

The emotional weight of the film is deeply autobiographical. Chaplin began auditioning child actors just ten days after the death of his own three-day-old infant son, Norman Spencer. Many critics believe the film served as a "fantasy" about the caring father Chaplin never had during his own impoverished childhood in London. film essay for The Kid - The Library of Congress

The film follows the Tramp as he discovers an abandoned baby in an alley and decides to raise him as his own. Der Vagabund und das Kind (1923).mp4

I. Introduction