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  2. The Great Dictator. The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films ...

  3. Apr 12, 2024 · Chaplin, in a dual role, also played the fascist dictator, modeled after Hitler. The Great Dictator. Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940), directed and written by Chaplin. The Great Dictator was Chaplin’s first feature film with full sound.

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  4. After dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber (Chaplin) spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel (also Chaplin) and his anti-Semitic policies. When the barber, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Hynkel, returns to his quiet neighbourhood, he ...

  5. With Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell. Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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  6. Oct 16, 2019 · Behind the Silver Screen: The Making of Chaplin's "The Great Dictator". Quite apart from any particular merits of the film, The Great Dictator remains an unparalleled phenomenon, an epic incident in the history of mankind. The greatest clown and best-loved personality of his age directly challenged the man who had instigated more evil and human ...

  7. He does not know, for instance, that Hynkel (also played by Chaplin) has become Dictator of Tomania, and is ruthlessly persecuting the jews with the help of his two ministers, Garbitsch and Herring. Dismissed at last from the hospital, the amnesia victim returns to his barber-shop in the Ghetto, expecting to find everything as he left it 20 ...

  8. An in-depth review of the film The Great Dictator (1940) directed by Charles Chaplin, featuring Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner.

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