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Birth of the Tramp (2013)

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A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Serge Bromberg
  • Profile picture of Peter Hudson
    Self - Narrator (voice) Peter Hudson
  • Profile picture of David Robinson
    Self - Chaplin's Biographer David Robinson
  • Profile picture of Kevin Brownlow
    Self - Film Historian Kevin Brownlow
  • Profile picture of Charlie Chaplin
    Self (archive footage) Charlie Chaplin
  • Profile picture of Edna Purviance
    Self (archive footage) Edna Purviance
  • Profile picture of Syd Chaplin
    Self (archive footage) Syd Chaplin
  • Profile picture of Eric Campbell
    Self (archive footage) Eric Campbell
  • Profile picture of Henry Bergman
    Self (archive footage) Henry Bergman

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  • 1910s
  • cinema history
  • life in the slums
  • portrait of a filmmaker
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  • charlot