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The Great Dictator (1940)
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In Chaplin's classic satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double -- a poor Jewish barber--who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. (read more)
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The Great Dictator was Charlie Chaplin's first all-talking picture, and the first in which we heard the Little Tramp speak. Chaplin never used the Tramp character again after this film.
This heartfelt satirical assault on Hitler and anti-Semitism is a tremendous badge of honor for Chaplin. Demoting Hitler to the level of...
(complete The Great Dictator review by Movie Addict)
Charlie Chaplin's comedy about Hitler and the Nazi Party is amazing when you consider that it came out right at the start of the war and it takes direct aim at the most horrible force in Europe in the 20th century. The film is both a mockery of the dictator and a call for peace among the people. The final speech that...
(complete The Great Dictator review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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