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Chaplin spent many months drafting and re-writing the speech for the end of the film, a call for peace from the barber who has been mistaken for Hynkel. Many people criticized the speech, and thought it was superfluous to the film. Others found it uplifting. Regrettably Chaplin’s words are as relevant today as they were in 1940.
In his first speaking role, Charlie Chaplin makes one of the most moving and thought-provoking speeches in cinematic history. The Great Dictator, a movie written, produced, directed by and ...
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 ...
- $2.2 million
- Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson
- Charlie Chaplin
- October 15, 1940 (New York City)
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American Rhetoric: Movie Speech "The Great Dictator" (1940) Adenoid Hynkel (dictator of Tomania)/A Jewish barber: Closing Address ("Look up, Hannah")
