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The Great Dictator (1940)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced... Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitler. Particularly delectable comic scenes are Hynkel's balletic "pas de deux" with a globe, and a cream cake fight between Hynkel and Napoloni, the dictator of Bacteria. [More]
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovich, Emma Dunn, Grace Hayle, Carter DeHaven, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Producer: Charlie Chaplin
Composer: Meredith Willson
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Reviews for The Great Dictator
The film hasn't aged very well, but in 1940 it was perceived original, bold and controversial due to its combo of slapstick, political satire of Hitler, and agit-prop, with Chaplin stepping out of charcater to make an impassioned speech about peace.
So Chaplin may not have halted a war, but he still left us with more than just a funny movie.
The Great Dictator mérite amplement de faire partie des éléments clés du cinéma.
A fascinating, unprecedented spoof of Hitler, one of the few before WWII that dared to take him on.
...one of the few motion pictures of the day to stand up and be counted against the forces of tyranny and injustice, for which it must always be commended.
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