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The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) — Ligoscope

The Tramp and the Dictator

Film · 2002

The Tramp and the Dictator

55 min · Directed by Kevin Brownlow · NR

Documentary TV Movie

7.026
ratings

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.

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice)

Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein

Self (uncredited)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Self (uncredited)

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin

Self

B

Brigitte Hamann

Self (uncredited)

Al Hirschfeld

Al Hirschfeld

Self (uncredited)

Stanley Kauffmann

Self (uncredited)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Self (uncredited)

Nikola Radosevic

Self (uncredited)

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Self (uncredited)

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self (uncredited)

Gitta Sereny

Self (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Syd Chaplin

Syd Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Dies

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ivor Montagu

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Producer: Tom Karsch, Patrick Stanbury
Writer: Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Editor: Christopher Bird
Composer: Timothy Brock
Sound: Donna Bertaccini

Details

Studios: BBC, Spiegel TV, Photoplay Productions
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Languages: English, German
Certification: NR
Release: February 14, 2002

Themes

naziworld war iifilmmakingparallel livesnazismadolf hitler

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