Arena

Season 1, Episode 486

Episode Title: Relics: The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin

Air Date: 1994-04-03

Overview:

In 1978 Charlie Chaplin 's coffin was stolen from his grave in Vevey, Switzerland, and a large ransom was demanded of his widow Oona. This fictional film inspired by those events follows the east European characters responsible. A Screen Two/Arena collaboration, it is written and directed by award-winning documentary film-maker Paul Pawlikowski.