The Great Dictator (1940)

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Written by Charles Chaplin

Directed by Charles Chaplin

Production Year: 1940

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Twelve years after the first "talkies" came out, silent film star Charlie Chaplin finally made his first speaking picture. Probably Chaplin's most famous film, The Great Dictator gleefully ridicules Hitler and his regime.

Chaplin plays a humble Jewish barber who is mistaken for the ruling tyrant, Adenoid Hynkel. Released in 1940, it was initially controversial but soon became an extremely popular piece of anti-Hitler propaganda, and was rewarded by being nominated for several Oscars.

Highly recommended.

Cast

Charles ChaplinAdenoid Hynkel
Jack OakieBenzino Napaloni
Reginald GardinerCommander Schultz
Henry DaniellGarbitsch
Billy GilbertField Marshal Herring
Grace HayleMadame Napaloni
Carter DeHavenSpook
Paulette GoddardHannah
Maurice MoscovitchMr. Jaeckel
Emma DunnMrs. Jaeckel
Bernard GorceyMr. Mann
Paul WeigelMr. Agar
Chester ConklinBarber's customer
Esther MichelsonJewish woman
Hank MannStorm Trooper

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