THE TRAMP AND THE DICTATOR
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: UK, Germany
Year: 2001
Language: English, German
55 mins.

Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler had more than their moustaches in common. They were born the same month, they had somewhat similar childhoods, they both planned to be artists... This remarkable documentary explores these and many other ironies in the two men's lives, while offering a new perspective on THE GREAT DICTATOR, the satire Chaplin made about Hitler at the dawn of World War II. THE TRAMP AND THE DICTATOR further uses newly discovered behind-the-scenes footage, plus interviews with Chaplin's son, collaborators, friends, and others.

Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Script: Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Cinematography: James Miller, Andre Dekker
Music: Timothy Brock
Editing: Christopher Bird
Sound: Donna Bertaccini et al.
Producer: Patrick Stanbury
Production Company: Photoplay Productions, Spiegel TV
Source:
Bettina Hell
Spiegel TV GmbH
Brandstwiete 19
D-22605 Hamburg, Germany
Bettina_Hell@spiegel-tv.de

Kevin Brownlow was born in the UK in 1938. He began collecting films at the age of eleven. He has directed two feature films. In 1968, he published THE PARADE'S GONE BY, a classic oral history of Hollywood's silent film era. He has since published numerous other books, and directed several documentaries. Michael Kloft was born in 1961. He is head of the Spiegel TV Series, history.

Friday, March 28
9pm
Gallery Theatre
Screening with IVAN MOZJOUKHIN

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