Life and Deaths of Max Linder

An exploration of the dazzling rise and mysterious downfall of French actor and filmmaker Max Linder (1883-1925), the world’s first international film star and mentor to British actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.

Documentary History

Rémi Bichet

(Max Linder's Voice (voice))

Adam Levý

(Charlie Chaplin's Voice (voice))

Nadir Legrand

(Doctor / Voice (voice))

Mikołaj Adamczuk

(Hotel Bellboy)

Daniel Echaust

(Inspector Cassius)

Yves Arnaud

(Detective)

Halina Bednarz

(Suzanne Leuvielle (Max's Mother))

Agata Puterko

(Marcelle Leuvielle (Max's Sister))

Armand Eloi

(Dr. Jean Ducan)

Geoffroy Boutan

(Charles Pathé)

Serge Feuillard

(Emile Pathé)

Pierre Martot

(Albert (Max's Assistant))

David Gil Mendoza

(Toreador)

Paweł Orleański

(Polish Producer Aleksander Hertz)

Katarzyna Troczyńska

(Katarzyna (Hertz's Assistant))

Tomasz Troczyński

(Russian Husband)

Fred Apke

(German Producer Oscar Messter)

Antoni Barłowski

(German Producer Paul Davidson)

Frédéric Constant

(Armand Massard)

Radosław Zawrotniak

(Fencer #1)

Adam Wiercioch

(Fencer #2)

Stew Hartman-Mart

(George Spoor)

Richard Schlesinger

(Broncho Billy Anderson)

Glenn Newland

(Gardener)

Jason Strickland

(Stage Assistant Chuck Spadina)

Jerome Charvet

(Robert Florey)

Barry Del Sherman

(Dr. Erwin Lombardiere / Voice (voice))

Aia Asé

(Rosemary)

Jean-Patrick Gauthier

(Emile Maigrot)

Érik Stouvenaker

(Inspector Rousselet)

Paulo Anid

(Edouard Émile Violet)

Martín Armando Alvarado Castillo

(Voice (voice))

Laurent Arcaro

(Voice (voice))

Ariel Bialski

(Voice (voice))

Amaury Chavry

(Voice (voice))

Corinne Delouvrier-Mathan

(Voice (voice))

María del Rosario Díaz Macías

(Voice (voice))

Alana Dietze

(Voice (voice))

Sebastien Ducourtioux

(Voice (voice))

Dominick Edwards

(Voice (voice))

Steven Fischer

(Voice (voice))

Robert Fleet

(Voice (voice))

Boris Fournier

(Voice (voice))

Bernard Gabay

(Voice (voice))

Samuel García

(Voice (voice))

Wiktoria Gorodecka

(Voice (voice))

Eleanor Faye James

(Voice (voice))

François Jérosme

(Voice (voice))

Pavel Kryksunou

(Voice (voice))

Maciej Nawrocki

(Voice (voice))

Solene Perot

(Voice (voice))

Gabriela Piotrkowska

(Voice (voice))

Andrea Rando Martín

(Voice (voice))

Magali Rosenzweig

(Voice (voice))

Marta Sánchez López

(Voice (voice))

Simon Schwab

(Voice (voice))

Dina Josephine Schwark

(Voice (voice))

Fabian Sykora

(Voice (voice))

Dariusz Szymor

(Voice (voice))

Elisabeth Ventura

(Voice (voice))

Reinhardt Wagner

(Voice (voice))

Max Linder

(Self (archive footage))

Charlie Chaplin

(Self (archive footage))