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Echo Helvetia - A visit to Chaplin's World in Vevey

Versteckspiel im Museum: Grosse und kleine Kinder können in Vevey auf Tuchfühlung mit Charlie Chaplin gehen
Versteckspiel im Museum: Grosse und kleine Kinder gehen in Vevey auf Tuchfühlung mit Charlie Chaplin Source: SBS

The hills above Vevey, on the lake of Geneva, are home to Chaplin's World, a new, interactive museum. The 60-million-dollar complex is dedicated to Charles Spencer Chaplin, who lived there from 1952 until his death in 1977. But who was Chaplin? And what made him and his films a cultural phenomenon? SBS reporter Christian Froelicher visited Chaplin's World in Vevey - and was astounded.


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The hills above Vevey, on the lake of Geneva, are home to Chaplin's World, a new, interactive museum. The 60-million-dollar complex is dedicated to Charles Spencer Chaplin, who lived there from 1952 until his death in 1977. But who was Chaplin? And what made him and his films a cultural phenomenon? SBS reporter Christian Froelicher visited Chaplin's World in Vevey - and was astounded.



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