When Charlie Chaplin steps on stage for a press conference at the Gotham Hotel in New York in 1947, he knows that there will hardly be any questions about his new film Monsieur Verdoux, the first without his regular tramp character The Tramp. “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the press,” he immediately falls into the house. “I'm not going to waste your time. Start with the slaughter.

COMBINES unheard of audio recordings, dramatic reconstructions, and personal archives, THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN follows Charlie Chaplin's meteoric rise from the slums of Victorian London to the heights of Hollywood superstardom, before scandalously falling out of favor. This kaleidoscopic portrait explores the many facets of a complex figure whose life was as extraordinary as his art. For decades, he was the most famous man. #charliechaplin #film

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