The Tramp and the Dictator

2002 NR 55m 7.8

A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940).

Explores the making of Charles Chaplin's first "talkie" The Great Dictator (1940) and draws many things that between Chaplin and Hitler had in common. The film contains colour home movie footage of the film's production which where shot by Charles' brother Sydney. These never before seen films were discovered by his daughter Victoria while looking though an old suitcase she found in the basement. The raw footage gives us an alternate insight to Chaplin's classic film which started production years before Adolf Hitler was seen as a major threat in the western world.

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Info about The Tramp and the Dictator

Studio(s): BBC, Spiegel TV

Originally Released: Feb 14, 2002

Production Countries: Germany, United Kingdom

Genres: Biography, Documentary, History, War

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