this be one of chaplin first national film from the period between his glorious mutual short and the more mature united artist feature . more opulent than the mutual film and it continue chaplin quest for perfect his comic expression . most people forget that the film be actually a dream that charlie have while await be send off to the front . there be plenty of slapstick via the limburger cheese be use to gas the enemy and and chaplin foray into enemy territory dress a a tree . by this stage in this career and the great man have become so immersed in filmic expression that his film give the impression of make themselves . doubtless this be not the case and but still and it give a convincingly realistic view of life at the front a i can remember and albeit from an ironically humorous perspective . as far a i be concern and familiarity with the entirety of chaplin work should be a prerequisite for all cinephiles do not delay .