The Real Charlie Chaplin
Synopsis
From the award-winning creative team behind Notes On Blindness and Listen To Me, Marlon comes a contemporary take on cinema’s most iconic figure. In an innovative blend of newly-unearthed audio recordings, dramatic reconstructions and personal archive, the film traces Charlie Chaplin’s meteoric rise from the slums of Victorian London to the heights of Hollywood superstardom, before his scandalous fall from grace.
Refracting his life through a kaleidoscope of previously unheard voices and perspectives, the film sheds new light on the many sides of a groundbreaking, controversial and visionary artist. For decades he was the most famous man in the world but who was The Real Charlie Chaplin?
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Create
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 114 min
- Director
- Peter Middleton, James Spinney
- Producer
- Ben Limberg, John Battsek, Mike Brett
- Screenwriter
- Peter Middleton, James Spinney
- With additional support from
- BFI National Archive’s world-class collections and Chaplin’s World by Grevin
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 14th September 2021
