For a hundred years now, Charlie Chaplin's films have delighted audiences and critics. During this time, thousands of other stars rose and went out, but he remains the public's favorite. The biography of the great actor, created by Peter Ackroyd, reveals the secret of Chaplin's incredible popularity. This is great acting skill, impeccable mastery of the art of the funny, the ability to combine the comic with the tragic, and most importantly - love for people, which received visible embodiment in the image he created of a little beggar man with a big heart and kind, sad eyes.