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Apr 12, 2024 · Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940), directed and written by Chaplin. The Great Dictator was Chaplin’s first feature film with full sound. When the movie was released in 1940, the United States was still not officially at war with Nazi Germany.
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May 24, 2011 · Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech.
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.
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Charles Chaplin. Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber. Jack Oakie. Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria. Paulette Goddard. Hannah. Reginald Gardiner. Commander Schultz. Henry Daniell. Garbitsch. Billy Gilbert. Field Marshal Herring. Grace Hayle. Madame Napaloni. Carter DeHaven. Spook. Maurice Moscovitch. Mr. Jaeckel.
Cast: Charles Chaplin ( Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Ptomania/A Jewish Barber ); Paulette Goddard ( Hannah ); Jack Oakie ( Benzini Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria ); Reginald Gardiner ( Schultz ); Henry Daniell ( Garbitsch ); Billy Gilbert ( Herring ). Publications. Books: Tyler, Parker, Chaplin, Last of the Clowns , New York, 1947.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 6. Nothing less than a grand and startling picture; Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator is one of the best films involving Chaplin, even in spite of a somewhat disjointed narrative and some overlong stretches. The sense of melancholy and serene sadness by the end of it continues to send chills down my spine.
The Great Dictator (1940) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Charlie Chaplin and produced by Charlie Chaplin and Carter DeHaven. SYNOPSIS. Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with full dialogue: a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator.
