The Tramp and the Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator

Documentary
TV Movie

The Tramp and the Dictator

55 minutes
02/14/2002
6.9

Overview

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 BranaghNarrator (voice)
Walter Bernstein
Walter BernsteinSelf (uncredited)
Ray Bradbury
Ray BradburySelf (uncredited)
Sydney Chaplin
Sydney ChaplinSelf
Brigitte Hamann
Brigitte HamannSelf (uncredited)
Al Hirschfeld
Al HirschfeldSelf (uncredited)
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley KauffmannSelf (uncredited)
Sidney Lumet
Sidney LumetSelf (uncredited)
Nikola Radosevic
Nikola RadosevicSelf (uncredited)
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.Self (uncredited)
Budd Schulberg
Budd SchulbergSelf (uncredited)
Gitta Sereny
Gitta SerenySelf (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Oona O'Neill ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Syd Chaplin
Syd ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Dies
Martin DiesSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas FairbanksSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith
D.W. GriffithSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Ford
Henry FordSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ivor Montagu
Ivor MontaguSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Pickford
Mary PickfordSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reinhard Spitzy
Reinhard SpitzySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard VorhausSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)