The circus performance lost its audience because it was dull and boring, they faced the danger of bankruptcy and bankruptcy, and no one knew whether there would be a "savior" falling from the sky. Tramp Charlie (Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin) is caught in the trap of a thief at the garden party and is hunted by the police. He got into the circus like a headless fly. On the stage, Charlie dodged the various body movements of the police and was regarded by the audience as a circus performance. they liked Charlie's "performance" very much and applauded warmly. The circus owner wants Charlie to stay and help the circus come back from the dead. Although Charlie didn't want to live on the circus, he had to accept his boss's offer in order to make ends meet. Soon, Charlie's talent for comedy made him the signature actor of the circus. He fell in love with the kind and weak circus owner's daughter and tried every means to please her, but the person the boss's daughter really fell in love with was the tightrope-walking actor. In order to fulfill the one he loved, the sad Charlie silently left the audience who liked him. Charlie Chaplin won the 1st Academy Awards for this film.