Chaplin (film) life and eventually results in the breakup of his marriage. At an industry party Chaplin causes a minor scandal when he refuses to shake hands with a visiting member of the Nazi party. Fairbanks (with his health in great decline) comments that Chaplin looks a lot like Adolf Hitler, providing Chaplin with inspiration for his next movie in their final encounter before Fairbanks' death in 1939. Chaplin's film satirizing the Nazis The Great Dictator is a huge hit throughout the world but Hoover tries to portray the film as a work of anti-American propaganda. Chaplin settles down with and marries
Hitler: A Film from Germany Hitler: A Film from Germany Hitler: A Film from Germany (), called Our Hitler in the US, is a 1977 Franco-British-German experimental film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, produced by Bernd Eichinger, and co-produced by the BBC. It starred Heinz Schubert, who played both Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. Along with Syberberg's characteristic and unusual motifs and style, the film is also notable for its 442-minute running time. "Hitler: A Film from Germany" has no clear plot or chronology. Instead, each part explores one particular topic. One particular plot device, especially for mocking post-war fascination and cliches about Hitler and Nazism,