A King in New York

A deposed European monarch flees to New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist. Due to a revolution in his country, Estrovian King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money, he makes TV commercials, and meets the daughter of a communist couple. Suddenly, he is suspected of being a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.

Keywords

  • Escape to the 50's
  • New York, New York
  • black and white
  • freedom
  • politics

Actors

  • Joan Ingram
  • Shani Wallis
  • Harry Green
  • Michael Chaplin
  • Maxine Audley
  • Dawn Addams
  • Sidney James
  • Oliver Johnston
  • Jerry Desmonde
  • Charles Chaplin
  • John McLaren
  • Joy Nichols
  • Robert Arden
  • Alan Gifford
  • Phil Brown

Director

  • Charles Chaplin

Timeless

1h 45min

tous publics

FR

1957
A deposed European monarch flees to New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.

A deposed European monarch flees to New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.


Due to a revolution in his country, Estrovian King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money, he makes TV commercials, and meets the daughter of a communist couple. Suddenly, he is suspected of being a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's hearings.

Cast & Crew