One of the first reports about French life in Nazi occupied Paris was about the one movie most hated by the Germans and adored by the Parisians:

In Nazi occupied Paris there was a secret underground movie theater (93 Champs Elysees) operating throughout the entire four year period and it charged an excessive sum of francs to gain entry. Guess which Chaplin film was shown?

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Read An Illegal Comedy in Occupied Paris<br>(Yank Magazine, 1945) for Free

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