Charlie Chaplin Lausanne, Switzerland. The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005. Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, "Chaplin" (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin. He is also a character in the period drama film "The Cat's Meow" (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie "The Scarlett O'Hara War" (1980), played by Clive Revill. A television series about Chaplin's childhood, "Young Charlie Chaplin", ran on
Christopher Chaplin Krantz novel. In Peter Patzak's "Gavre Princip - Himmel unter Steinen" ("Death of a Schoolboy"), a historical documentary about the life of 17-year-old Gavrilo Princip, Chaplin took on the role of Trifco, and he played Franz Kafka in Jaromil Jireš' 1991 Czech New Wave film "Labyrinth". The film received the Critic's Choice at the 1992 American Film Institute International Film Festival. Chaplin played , the Spanish royal notary, secretary of Columbus fleet, and commander of La Navidad, in John Glen's historical film "", released for the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. In Liliane de Kermadec's return to feature film, the