Unknown Chaplin

Name: Unknown Chaplin
Director: Kevin Brownlow
Released: 1982-01-01

1982 film by Kevin Brownlow, David Gill

FilmfilmQ1088949

Released: 1982
Director: Kevin Brownlow
, David Gill
Screenwriter: David Gill
, Kevin Brownlow
Producer: David Gill
, Kevin Brownlow
Cast: Charlie Chaplin
, Lita Grey
, Georgia Hale
, Edna Purviance
+10 more
Runtime: 156 min
Genre: comedy film
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1.nytimes.com/movies/movie/54128/When-Comedy-Was-King/overview
2.movieworlds.com/filme/Der_unbekannte_Charlie_Chaplin.php
3.cinefacts.de/Filme/unbekannte-Charlie-Chaplin,57452
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, biographical film
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Sources
1.dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Unknown-Chaplin/70040008
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, documentary film
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1.filmaffinity.com/en/movietopic.php?topic=877262
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Country of origin: United Kingdom

Overview

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Unknown Chaplin is a three-part 1983 British documentary series about the career and methods of the silent film luminary Charlie Chaplin, using previously unseen film for illustration. The series consist of three episodes, with title My Happiest Years, The Great Director and Hidden Treasures.

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Film editor: Kevin Brownlow
Trevor Waite
Episodes: 3
Started: 1986
Nominations: British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand(1984)
Title: Unknown Chaplin
Network: ITV
Presenter: James Mason
Distribution format: video on demand

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