The Tramp and the Dictator
Feb 14 2002
•1h 55m
•Documentary, TV Movie
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
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Kenneth Branagh
Narrator (voice)
Walter Bernstein
Self (uncredited)
Ray Bradbury
Self (uncredited)
Sydney Chaplin
Self
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