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Great Dictator, The (1940)

Starring:

Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard [See details]

Directed by:

Charlie Chaplin

Runtime:

2 hours and 6 minutes

MPAA rating:

Genre(s):

Comedy

Synopsis:

Charles Chaplin's first full talking feature film in which he delivers spoken lines—a full 13 years after the advent of sound in the movies. The film is a slapstick satire on world conditions and fascism at the start of World War II. Chaplin plays a dual role: as a poor, unnamed Jewish ghetto barber, and as a Hitler look-alike, the ruthless tyrannical dictator Adenoid Hynkel of the European country of Tomania. Hynkel's rival is Mussolini-like Benzino Napaloni (Jack Oakie) of Bacteria. The barber and the dictator are involved in a case of mistaken identities. With a memorable scene of Hynkel dancing with a world globe balloon. The film concludes with a lengthy monologue about hope and human rights.

Catalog #:

SDVD-13

Price:

$16.99

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Brief Cast Overview

Charles Irwin    ...    Banquet waiter

Charlie Chaplin    ...    Adenoid Hynkel (dictator of Tomania)/Jewish barber

Paulette Goddard    ...    Hannah

Jack Oakie    ...    Benzino Napaloni (dictator of Bacteria)

Technical Specification

Encoding: Region 0* [See details]

Format: Fullscreen

Color: Black and white

Edition: Import

Language: English

Sound: Dolby Sound

Subtitles: Not available

*DVD will play on any regional DVD player

Also Available in Boxsets

Charlie Chaplin Collection

Awards and Nominations

Academy Award, The® (USA):

Best Picture (1941)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (1941) – Jack Oakie
Best Actor in a Leading Role (1941) – Charlie Chaplin
Best Music, Original Score (1941)
Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1941)

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