Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

26 mins | Documentary | July 17, 2003

"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.

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

26 mins | Documentary | July 17, 2003

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
"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.
Producers MK2 Productions, France 5, Association Chaplin
Original title Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
Directors Mathias Ledoux
Writers

Cast

Liv Ullmann

as Self

Paul Bandey

as Self (voice)

Steve Gadler

as Self (voice)

Patrick Guillemin

as Self (voice)

Deya Kent

as Self (voice)

Kester Lovelace

as Self (voice)

Jimmy Schumann

as Self (voice)