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The Great Dictator (1940) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
227 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.20/4 |
# of Ratings: |
122 |
Genres: |
Comedy |
Rating: |
NR |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/15/1940 |
DVD Release: |
05/24/2011 |
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Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Actors: |
Charles Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Jack Oakie
Reginald Gardiner
Billy Gilbert
Henry Daniell |
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Plot Outline:
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A poor barber is confused with the great Nazi dictator and is sent into his place, unknown to the dictator.
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mitchellyoung 08/21/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
A classic Chaplin film that smartly walks the line between political commentary and Chaplin's trademark subtle comedy. Very funny and also very thought-provoking and a good example of how Chaplin's comedy had matured from his earlier films. |
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Ghost Seed 08/24/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
This grand production is a Chaplin great. The sets and costumes don't disappoint, and as cheesy as it sounds, this is one of those rarely seen classics that should be shown in theaters across the world today.
The end speech is powerful, and his choice to deliver it directly into the camera was so very effective.
It's packed with scenes of Charlie's usual warmth and humour, paired with those bearing a hefty message - this is a film we should all see to laugh and learn from. |
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Allison 09/26/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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2/4 |
I thought the first half was funny but then the last half, it seemed it was the same joke being repeated over and over again. Yes, Charlie Chaplin did this way ahead of his time and he must be applauded for that. The current overall rank is #666, oohh maybe it means something? |
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05/22/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Great Dictator review |
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A fatigued Commander Schultz (Reginald Gardiner) was saved by a Jew (Charlie Chaplin). Hynkel (also played by Chaplin) is a vehement dictator who maltreated the Jews with the aid of Storm Troopers. The unnamed Jew who has a Barbershop was assisted by Hannah (Paulette Goddard). Benzino Napaloni (Jack Oakie), dictator of Bacteria has plans to invade Osterlich. The “talking-film” consisted of so many hilarious moments such as the “I was just eating” scene between Napaloni and Hynkel, coin in the pudding, removing of pins of one of the Officers and Adenoid Hynkel’s first speech.
Score was vibrant and even simultaneously utilized during one of the Jews Barbershop sequences. Screenplay was well-written and good natures with lines from: Schultz – “You must speak.” and the speech from t... |
Rating of
4/4 |
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03/06/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Sploich Reviews The Great Dictator (1940) |
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I'm not a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin. That's not to say that I don't like his work, it's just that I've never really been that interested in it. He's made some great films but for the most part I haven't ended up watching a lot of them. This even having been said, I can still say that The Great Dictator is a film that would be very hard to top.
Charlie Chaplin plays two roles in this film: One as a Jewish barber and one as the dictator of an imagined pseudonym. The story follows both as they try to accomplish their own goals in 1930s Europe. Needless to say, the film is a thinly veiled satire on Hitler, the Third Reich and World War II in general. Specifically though, the film focuses on the plight of the European Jews at the time.
This is Chaplin's true masterpiece. Of all his fil... |
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3/4 |
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