Movie: Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Top 10 Billed Cast

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric

Narrator (voice)

Henry Bergman
Henry Bergman

archive footage

Eric Campbell
Eric Campbell

archive footage

Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle

archive footage

Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Syd Chaplin
Syd Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel

archive footage

Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper

The Cameraman, archive footage

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