In 1952, at the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government revoked Charlie Chaplin’s re-entry permit while he was overseas, effectively exiling the father of modern cinema for his political views. Forced to rebuild his life in Switzerland, he raised his family far from the country whose film industry he had helped shape. Two decades later, Hollywood reached out with an emotional invitation for him to accept an honorary Oscar. When he stepped onto the stage in 1972, the theatre erupted into one