Adenoid Hynkel/A Jewish Barber
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The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war, political satire, and black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films.
The Great Dictator: Directed by Charles Chaplin. 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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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Charles Chaplin
- 1941-03-07
Feb 5, 2021 · Eighty years ago, Charlie Chaplin skewered the Nazis in his satire The Great Dictator. Nicholas Barber looks at how the film has wider relevance today.
Jun 7, 2024 · The Great Dictator, American comedy film, released in 1940, that Charlie Chaplin both acted in and directed. Satirizing Adolf Hitler and Nazism and condemning anti-Semitism, it was Chaplin’s most successful film at the box office.
- Lee Pfeiffer
May 24, 2011 · Charlie Chaplin's controversial masterpiece satirizes Hitler and his own comic persona in his first talkie. The film features a new restoration, commentary, documentary, essays, and more.
After dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber (Charles Chaplin) spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator ...
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- Comedy
- G
Sep 27, 2007 · Charlie Chaplin satirizes Hitler and Mussolini in this classic comedy, playing a barber and a dictator who look alike. The film was controversial and influential, but its ending as a lecture by the barber is a misstep.
