The Great Dictator (1940)

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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