
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.

as Max Linder's Voice (voice)

as Charlie Chaplin's Voice (voice)

as Doctor / Voice (voice)

as Hotel Bellboy

as Inspector Cassius

as Detective

as Suzanne Leuvielle (Max's Mother)

as Marcelle Leuvielle (Max's Sister)

as Dr. Jean Ducan

as Charles Pathé

as Emile Pathé

as Albert (Max's Assistant)

as Toreador

as Polish Producer Aleksander Hertz

as Katarzyna (Hertz's Assistant)

as Russian Husband

as German Producer Oscar Messter

as German Producer Paul Davidson

as Armand Massard

as Fencer #1

as Fencer #2

as George Spoor

as Broncho Billy Anderson

as Gardener

as Stage Assistant Chuck Spadina

as Robert Florey

as Dr. Erwin Lombardiere / Voice (voice)

as Rosemary

as Emile Maigrot

as Inspector Rousselet

as Edouard Émile Violet

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as Self (archive footage)

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