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Feb 5, 2021 · Eighty years ago, Charlie Chaplin skewered the Nazis in his satire The Great Dictator. Nicholas Barber looks at how the film has wider relevance today.
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-fascist, political satire, and black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films , Chaplin made this his first true sound film.
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The Great Dictator, American comedy film, released in 1940, that Charlie Chaplin both acted in and directed. Satirizing Adolf Hitler and Nazism and condemning anti-Semitism, it was Chaplin’s most successful film at the box office.
Chaplin portrayed a Jewish barber who is mistaken for a tyrannical dictator. He plays up the charade and ultimately gives a speech in which he calls for peace and compassion. Chaplin, in a dual role, also played the fascist dictator, modeled after Hitler.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director and writer: Charlie Chaplin
•Music: Meredith Willson
•Running time: 124 minutes
•Charlie Chaplin (Adenoid Hynkel/Jewish Barber)
•Paulette Goddard (Hannah)
•Jack Oakie (Benzini Napoloni)
•Reginald Gardner (Commander Schulz)
•Henry Daniell (Garbitsch)
•Billy Gilbert (Herring)
•Lead actor (Charles Chaplin)
•Supporting actor (Jack Oakie)
•Picture
•Score
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The Dictator is a 2012 political satire black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The film was directed by Larry Charles, who also directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno.
The Great Dictator: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell. Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Charles Chaplin
- 1941-03-07
Sep 27, 2007 · “The Great Dictator” was the last time Charlie Chaplin played a little man with a mustache. In 1938, the world’s most famous movie star began to prepare a film about the monster of the 20th century.
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May 16, 2012 · More envelope-pushing humor from Borat comedian. Read Common Sense Media's The Dictator review, age rating, and parents guide.
