The film Modern Times was produced and directed by Charles Chaplin in 1936. It was 86 minutes long and starred Chaplin as his character The Tramp. The film depicts Chaplin's character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. It shows the assembly line process in factories and how jobs have been divided into specialized labor. Though the work is difficult, conditions were even harder during the time period portrayed as mechanization had replaced many jobs but working conditions have improved today with the help of machines.

1. MODERN
TIMES- The film was filmed in USA,
in 1936; and it was 86 minutes
long (1 hour and 26 minutes)
- It was produced by “United Artists”
- It was directed by Charles Chaplin
(Background)

2. - Charles Chaplin was the screenwriter and the
composer, too.
- The cinematographers were Rollie Totheroh &
Ira Morgan.

3. CAST
- Charles Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin.
- Paulette Goddard as Gamin.
- Henry Bergman as the café proprietor.
- Chester Conklin as the mechanic.
- Stanley Stanfords as Gamin’s father.
- Hank Mann as the burglar.
- Louis Natheaux as the other burglar.

4. QUESTIONS
1.- Inside the History of Industry, when
do you think the action of the film happens?
- I think that the action of the film happens in the
beginning because in the film, all the craftpeople
were replaced by machines, and they had to work
in the industries.

5. QUESTIONS
(II)2.- How is the factory organized? What
elements of the industrial process can you see?
- There are a lot of people doing different things.
Each person had a different work in an
assembly line.
- There are intermediate materials, the
workforce, technology (equipment needed) and
the management

6. QUESTIONS
(III)3.- Describe the work in the factory. Is
there division of labour?
- Each person was doing a different work, so
there is a technical and a social division of labour

7. QUESTIONS
(IV)4.- What differences can you notice
between working during these times and working
today?
- Working during these times was
harder, because there weren’t any machines that
helped for doing some things, and because of
that, there were more employed people. Working
today is less hard than before. Now, we have a lot
of machines that do a lot of things
automatically, and people are replaced by them.

8. QUESTIONS
(V)5.- Give your opinion about the film. Did you
like it?
- Yes, it liked me. The film was nice, I was laughing
all the time with Charles’ movements and face
expressions. From my point of view, it was really
really funny. I think the actors were great, like the
film.
I think Charles showed really good how the
industrial revolution was. I would like subtitles in
the last song, because all the people was laughing
but I didn’t understand anything.