Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)

ALL 05/18/2003 (en) Documentary 55 Min
  • Release
    05/18/2003
  • Production
    SRG SSR
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women, Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy's notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin's life and career during those so-called "forgotten years" (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.

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Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003) 55 Min

ALL 05/18/2003 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 05/18/2003
  • Production
    SRG SSR
  • Original title Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women, Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy's notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin's life and career during those so-called "forgotten years" (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.

  1. Beat Hirt, Felice Zenoni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer