Sydney, the Other Chaplin

Sydney, the Other Chaplin

A documentary about Charlie Chaplin's brother.

2017 · 56 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

Since his debut in 1914, Charles Chaplin has never ceased to amaze. But surely, Charles would have never reached such heights if it weren't for his big brother Sydney, an improbable character of the shadows with a fiction-like destiny.

Directed by Eric Lange · Written by Eric Lange

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