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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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04/15/08
Cole Smithey
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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.

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02/23/08
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12/30/06
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So Chaplin may not have halted a war, but he still left us with more than just a funny movie.

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04/14/06
Mark Bourne
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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Charlie Chaplin's first all-talking feature is a controversial one.

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07/30/05
Dennis Schwartz
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01/13/05
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

The Great Dictator mérite amplement de faire partie des éléments clés du cinéma.

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12/16/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
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10/27/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

A fascinating, unprecedented spoof of Hitler, one of the few before WWII that dared to take him on.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

It is a funny film, which we expect from Chaplin, and a brave one.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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05/29/04
Andy Klein
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Un clásico

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07/26/03
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...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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07/01/03
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