Charlie Chaplin physical resemblance that supplied the plot for Chaplin's next film, "The Great Dictator", which directly satirised Hitler and attacked fascism. Chaplin spent two years developing the script, and began filming in September 1939 – six days after Britain declared war on Germany. He had submitted to using spoken dialogue, partly out of acceptance that he had no other choice, but also because he recognised it as a better method for delivering a political message. Making a comedy about Hitler was seen as highly controversial, but Chaplin's financial independence allowed him to take the risk. "I was determined to go ahead,"
Christopher Chaplin Christopher Chaplin Christopher James Chaplin (born 6 July 1962) is a Swiss-born English composer and actor. He is the youngest son of film comedian Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. Born in Switzerland, Chaplin studied piano under Irene Denereaz in Vevey before going to London to become an actor. He made his feature film debut as Ivan in the 1984 comedy film "Where Is Parsifal?", that was screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and played Jacques Sette in Charles Jarrott's TV miniseries "Till We Meet Again" based on the eponymous Judith