The Tramp and the Dictator
2002•NR•55m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
Director
Kevin Brownlow
Writer
Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Languages
English, German
Studio
BBC
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
Narrator (voice)
Walter Bernstein
Self (uncredited)
Ray Bradbury
Self (uncredited)
Sydney Chaplin
Self
Brigitte Hamann
Self (uncredited)
Al Hirschfeld
Self (uncredited)
Stanley Kauffmann
Self (uncredited)
Sidney Lumet
Self (uncredited)
Nikola Radosevic
Self (uncredited)
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Self (uncredited)
Budd Schulberg
Self (uncredited)
Gitta Sereny
Self (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sydney Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production
Company
BBC
Company
Spiegel TV
Company
Photoplay Productions
Producer
Tom Karsch
Producer
Patrick Stanbury
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