Once again - the whole world laughs!
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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- wizzardsson TMDB · Feb 20218/10
In September 1939, six days after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, Charlie Chaplin began filming his next feature. Drawing on the public perception of the similarities between himself and Adolf Hitler - not just his toothbrush moustache but also their upbringings - Chaplin sought to directly parody and attack the German führer and fascism. In _The Great Dictator_, Adenoid Hynkel (Chaplin) rules Tomania and sets about his conquest of the world. In doing so, he persecutes Jewish people, including a former veteran of World War I who is now a barber (also Chaplin). Unsurprisingly, the film was a hit on release, resonating well with the anti-Nazi sentiment in both American and British public. Chaplin understood that delivering his political message was so important that he forewent his usual desire for a silent film in order to get his message across. Sound is used to great effect in _The Great Dictator_. By studying many of Hitler's speeches, Chaplin was able to create a ludicrous, yet believable, gibberish parody of the Nazi leader's oratory style. Of course, the physical comedy remains, typically reserved for the barber (who may or may not be Chaplin's silent hero, The Tramp). T
Read the whole review on TMDB - userloseron TMDB · May 202610/10
Forever great, forever relevant as dictators and dictator-wannabes do their best to deprive the humans of their humanity.
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Cast
- Charlie ChaplinAdenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
- Paulette GoddardHannah
- Jack OakieBenzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
- Reginald GardinerCommander Schultz
- Henry DaniellGarbitsch
- Billy GilbertField Marshal Herring
- Grace HayleMadame Napaloni
- Carter DeHavenSpook
- Maurice MoscovitchMr. Jaeckel
- Emma DunnMrs. Jaeckel
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- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Charlie ChaplinScreenplay
- Karl StrussDirector of Photography
- Roland TotherohDirector of Photography
- Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
- Meredith WillsonOriginal Music Composer
- Willard NicoEditor
- Charlie ChaplinProducer
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