Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003 · 55 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 89 VOTES · DIR. Beat Hirt, Felice Zenoni
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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00:04:42 Playing for time...
00:06:40 he left London by air for Switzerland.
00:08:59 and he'd fade into the background.
00:11:25 Oona urged him to seek a lasting solution.
00:13:16 but as well, she did the menu for the day.
00:15:05 he realized that the rifle range was very close to his house.
00:17:19 Despite all his efforts...
00:19:29 I did an imitation of him imitating Hitler.
00:21:02 we were regularly invited to the Chaplin home at Christmas.
00:23:25 If he looked at a flower...
00:25:14 and my father and Uncle Sydney would speak in pig Latin.
00:27:07 Just as in America...
00:29:26 and he asked us was it new.
00:31:48 but he would compose on the piano...
00:33:43 and above all, avoid treading on his feet.
00:36:04 And he said, "Oh, yes.
00:38:11 It wasn't really much of a part.
00:39:53 which was a very strange scene.
00:41:50 "but I think his name is something like, uh, um...
00:43:28 and he was not nervous...
00:45:22 Sometimes he'd say, "I love you... "
00:47:34 The manuscript is now in the care...
00:50:19 Why are the stars so bright?
01:09:07 for the last time...