A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lobster Films, Steamboat Films, ARTE
Keywords
- london, england
- movie business
- hollywood
- music hall
- silent film star
- rise to fame
- 1910s
- cinema history
- life in the slums
- portrait of a filmmaker
- the tramp
- charlot
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Top Cast
Peter Hudson as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kate Guyonvarch as Self - RE
David Robinson as Self - Chaplin's Biographer
Kevin Brownlow as Self - Film Historian
Antoine Lange as The Child
Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
Edna Purviance as Self (archive footage)
John R. Freuler as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Serge Bromberg · Director
Eric Lange · Director, Editor
Jean-Louis Sonzogni · Cinematographer
Marianne Lère · Executive Producer
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