The Tramp and the Dictator
A documentary examining the striking biographical parallels between Chaplin and Hitler and the artistic courage of 'The Great Dictator' as a response to fascism.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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)
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