Movie: Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

Top 6 Billed Cast

Amir Abbas Hashemi
Amir Abbas Hashemi

Self

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan

Self (archive footage)

Reza Hashemi
Reza Hashemi

Self

Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami

Self

Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance

Self (archive footage)

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    This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.

  • Release Date

    2003-03-02

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    5.7

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