Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

Overview

"A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.

Cast

Paul Bandey
Paul Bandey
Self (voice)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Steve Gadler
Self (voice)
Patrick Guillemin
Patrick Guillemin
Self (voice)
Deya Kent
Self (voice)
Kester Lovelace
Kester Lovelace
Self (voice)
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Self (archive sound)
Jimmy Schumann
Self (voice)
Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann
Self

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