The story follows King Shahdov (Chaplin), the recently deposed monarch of Estrovia, who flees a revolution in his homeland to seek refuge in New York City. He arrives with grand visions of building a nuclear-powered utopia, only to discover his corrupt Prime Minister has absconded with the royal treasury.

Released in 1957, stands as Charlie Chaplin's final leading role and one of his most overtly political statements. Produced in the United Kingdom following Chaplin's exile from the United States, the film serves as a biting satire on the very culture that had turned its back on him . A Monarch in a Modern World

Broke and bewildered, Shahdov is thrust into the "hazards" of 1950s American life, which Chaplin lampoons with varying degrees of subtlety: A King in New York (1957)