Restored Charlie Chaplin films to be released in cinemas worldwide

Some of Chaplin's classics, including 'The Dictator', will be given a new treatment. — Reuters

A hundred years since Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in his first feature-length film The Kid, some of the silent comic’s best-known movies are being restored to be released in cinemas worldwide.

French film company mk2 and international distributor Piece of Magic said in a statement they had teamed up to mark the centennial. The Paris-based company’s 2k and 4k restorations of Chaplin’s films include classics The Gold Rush, City Lights, The Circus, Modern Times and The Great Dictator.