movie poster for THE GREAT DICTATOR

Flicks ID

4103

Cert

U

Running time

120 mins

Country

Format

DVD

THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

CHARLES CHAPLIN

Plot

A wonderful example of the ability Chaplin had to comment on current issues with witty, visual satire. This film was, Chaplins first "talkie", and has him playing both a persecuted Jewish businessman, and Hynkel, a sharp and accurate lampoon of Hitler. A superb example of Chaplins comic genius.