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Release
1940-10-15
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Original language
English
Runtime
2 hour 5 minutes
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0032553/
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinAdenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
- Paulette GoddardHannah
- Jack OakieBenzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
Overview
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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Roger Ebert
It is a funny film, which we expect from Chaplin, and a brave one.
rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-great-dictator-1940
Roger Ebert
Chaplin's most serious, most tragic, most human work.
rogerebert.com/reviews/the-great-dictator-1940
BBC
Strangely, though, what remains so powerful about the film's satire is its outright silliness.
bbc.co.uk/films/2003/08/05/the_great_dictator_1940_review.shtml
Variety
Chaplin makes no bones about his utter contempt for dictators like Hitler and Mussolini in his production of The Great Dictator.
variety.com/1939/film/reviews/the-great-dictator-1200412984/
The New York Times
'The Great Dictator' may not be the finest picture ever made—in fact, it possesses several disappointing shortcomings. But, despite them, it turns out to be a truly superb accomplishment by a truly great artist—and, from one point of view, perhaps the most significant film ever produced.
nytimes.com/1940/10/16/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-great-dictator-by-and-with-charlie-chaplin.html
IMDb
The little tramp, a creation of and for the silent era, could not make the transition to sound. But Hynkel is a creation of and for the sound era, and he works fantastically.
imdb.com/title/tt0032553/
Rotten Tomatoes
Charlie Chaplin demonstrates that his comedic voice is undiminished by dialogue in this rousing satire of tyranny, which may be more distinguished by its uplifting humanism than its gags.
rottentomatoes.com/m/great_dictator
Rotten Tomatoes
"... confronts the hatred and anti-Semitism of Hitler’s Germany in the days before America’s entry into World War II while lampooning the despots responsible."
rottentomatoes.com/m/great_dictator/reviews
