Chaplin (1992) is a biopic of the English actor & filmmaker Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)/

Starring Robert Down Jr as Chalie Chaplin, the film was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough

The premise of the film is an elderly Charlie Chaplin discussing his autobiography with a fictional editor, George Haydon (Anthony Hopkins).

Chaplin’s difficult childhood, including that he was sent to various London workhouses from the age of 7, is glossed over in the film (as it was in Chaplin’s autobiography). More time in the film is spent on his mother being committed to a mental asylum which Charlie was about 14.