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The Great Dictator is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charlie Chaplin released in USA on 7 march 1941 with Charlie Chaplin
The Great Dictator (1940)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 march 1941
Length 2h4
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
OriginUSA
Themes Military humor in film, Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Hitler, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Rating83%
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American satirical political comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood film-maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin's first true talking picture.
Chaplin's film advanced a stirring, controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis. At the time of its first release, the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator, and a persecuted Jewish barber.
The Great Dictator was popular with audiences, becoming Chaplin's most commercially successful film. Modern critics have also praised it as a historically significant film and an important work of satire. The Great Dictator was nominated for five Academy Awards.
In his 1964 autobiography, Chaplin stated that he could not have made the film if he had known about the true extent of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at the time.
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The action starts in 1918, with the collapse of the Tomainian (German) army. A Jewish barber saves the life of a wounded pilot, Schultz, but loses his own memory through concussion.Actors
Charlie Chaplin
(Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber)
Paulette Goddard
(Hannah)
Jack Oakie
(Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria)
Reginald Gardiner
(Commander Schultz)
Henry Daniell
(Garbitsch)
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