The Great Dictator (VHS - 1940)

Synopsis

• Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitler. Particularly delectable comic scenes are Hynkel's balletic "pas de deux" with a globe, and a cream cake fight between Hynkel and Napoloni, the dictator of Bacteria.

Cast & Crew

• Director
  Charlie Chaplin
• Star
  Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovich, Emma Dunn, Grace Hayle, Carter DeHaven, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann
• Producer
  Charlie Chaplin
• Composer
  Meredith Willson
• Editor
  Willard Nico
• Cinematographer
  Rollie Totheroh, Karl Struss
• Art Director
  J. Russell Spencer

Awards

Genre

• Comedies > Classic, Slapstick, Switching Roles, Vintage, Recommended, Essential Cinema

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