The Great Dictator

Comedy, Drama, War · 1941Passed

In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. 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.

Starring

Jack Cosgrove, Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Edward G. Boyle, Reginald Gardiner, Karl Struss, Henry Daniell, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Billy Gilbert, Charlie Chaplin

Director

Charlie Chaplin