The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
“ Once again - the whole world laughs! ”
CINEMA1940-10-15
DIGITAL2020-06-01
RegionUS
Runtime125 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Chaplin’s daring, passionate comedic assault on Nazi tyranny, concluding with cinema’s most urgent plea for universal brotherhood.”
Storyline
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
DIRECTOR / Director
Charlie Chaplin
KEYWORDS
amnesianazihairdresserpropagandaworld war idictatorjewish ghettofascismworld war iinational socialismnational socialist partysatirespeechblack and whitebarbershopanti warfictitious countrydomineeringinspirationaldramatic
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