The Tramp and the Dictator

58m 2002

Brief Synopsis

A fascinating comparison of the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolph Hitler. Includes never-before-seen color film shot by Chaplin's brother.

Cast & Crew

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Kevin Brownlow

Sidney Lumet

Stanley Kauffmann

Arthur Schlesinger

Budd Schulberg

Bernhard Vorhaus

Film Details

Also Known As

Tramp and the Dictator

MPAA Rating

Genre

Documentary

Historical

Release Date

2002

Technical Specs

Duration

58m

Synopsis

A fascinating comparison of the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolph Hitler. Includes never-before-seen color film shot by Chaplin's brother.

Directors

Kevin Brownlow

Michael Kloft

Cast

Sidney Lumet

Stanley Kauffmann

Arthur Schlesinger

Budd Schulberg

Bernhard Vorhaus

Walter Bernstein

Kenneth Branagh

Gitta Sereny

Al Hirschfeld

Ray Bradbury

Nikola Radosevic

Sydney Chaplin

Ivor Montagu

Crew

Walter Bernstein

Donna Bertaccini

Christopher Bird

Christopher Bird

Ray Bradbury

John Brady

Timothy Brock

Kevin Brownlow

Peter Cavanagh

Sydney Chaplin

Archival Footage

Andre Dekker

Andre Dekker

Cinematographer

Al Hirschfeld

Sidney Lumet

James Miller

James Miller

Cinematographer

Ivor Montagu

Thorsten Pollfuss

Executive Producer

Nikola Radosevic

Budd Schulberg

Gitta Sereny

Patrick Stanbury

Bernhard Vorhaus

Film Details

Also Known As

Tramp and the Dictator

MPAA Rating

Genre

Documentary

Historical

Release Date

2002

Technical Specs

Duration

58m

Articles

The Tramp and the Dictator

June 25, 2003

The TCM original documentary The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), co-directed by Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft and narrated by Kenneth Branagh, compares the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hilter. Born within four days of each other in April 1889, Chaplin and Hitler became, respectively, the most-loved and most-hated men of their time. The two lives intersected when Chaplin made The Great Dictator (1940), a satire of Hitler and his Nazi empire. "Here was this huge artist standing up against this gargantuan monster," film critic Stanley Kauffmann says in the documentary.

Among others interviewed are Chaplin' s son, Sydney Chaplin; politician/historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; film directors Bernard Vorhaus and Sidney Lumet; and caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, who served as publicity artist for The Great Dictator. The documentary includes never-before-seen color film shot by Chaplin's brother, Sydney, during the making of The Great Dictator and recently discovered at the Chaplin villa in Switzerland.

Producer: Thorsten Pollfuss
Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Screenplay: Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Music: Timothy Brock
Film Editing: Christopher Bird
Narration: Kenneth Branagh
BW/C-55m. Closed Captioning.

by Roger Fristoe

The Tramp And The Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator

The TCM original documentary The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), co-directed by Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft and narrated by Kenneth Branagh, compares the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hilter. Born within four days of each other in April 1889, Chaplin and Hitler became, respectively, the most-loved and most-hated men of their time. The two lives intersected when Chaplin made The Great Dictator (1940), a satire of Hitler and his Nazi empire. "Here was this huge artist standing up against this gargantuan monster," film critic Stanley Kauffmann says in the documentary. Among others interviewed are Chaplin' s son, Sydney Chaplin; politician/historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; film directors Bernard Vorhaus and Sidney Lumet; and caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, who served as publicity artist for The Great Dictator. The documentary includes never-before-seen color film shot by Chaplin's brother, Sydney, during the making of The Great Dictator and recently discovered at the Chaplin villa in Switzerland. Producer: Thorsten Pollfuss Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft Screenplay: Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird Music: Timothy Brock Film Editing: Christopher Bird Narration: Kenneth Branagh BW/C-55m. Closed Captioning. by Roger Fristoe

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Released in United States 2002

Released in United States February 2002

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Special Screening) February 6-17, 2002.

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States February 2002 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Special Screening) February 6-17, 2002.)

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