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The Tramp and the Dictator
The Tramp and the Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

55 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

14 February 2002

Country

Germany

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice)

Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein

Self (uncredited)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Self (uncredited)

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin

Self

Brigitte Hamann

Brigitte Hamann

Self (uncredited)

Al Hirschfeld

Al Hirschfeld

Self (uncredited)

Stanley Kauffmann

Stanley Kauffmann

Self (uncredited)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Self (uncredited)

Nikola Radosevic

Nikola Radosevic

Self (uncredited)

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Self (uncredited)

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self (uncredited)

Gitta Sereny

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

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

Ivor Montagu

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reinhard Spitzy

Reinhard Spitzy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bernard Vorhaus

Bernard Vorhaus

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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