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The Great Dictator

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The Great Dictator
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G,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1940
Director:
Charles Chaplin
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie  ...more
Synopsis: "This is the story of the period between two world wars--an interim during which insanity cut loose, liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat." With this pithy opening title, Charles Chaplin begins his first all-talking feature film, The Great Dictator. During World War I, a Jewish barber (Chaplin) in the army of Tomania saves the life of high-ranking officer Schultz (Reginald Gardiner). While Schultz survives the conflict unscathed, the barber is stricken with amnesia and ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
After a five-year absence from movies, Charles Chaplin took on a dual role in his first full-length talking feature, famous for its comic attack on Nazi Germany (and Adolf Hitler in particular). The script was written before Hitler's invasion of Poland, and Chaplin subsequently noted that, had he known the scope of the evil perpetrated on Europe by the Nazis, he would never have made them the subject ... Full Review
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Charles Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania, Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard
Hannah
Jack Oakie
Benzini Napaloni, Benzino Napaloni
Reginald Gardiner
Schultz
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