The great dictator, United Artists ; written, produced & directed by Charles Chaplin
Type
Label
The great dictator, United Artists ; written, produced & directed by Charles Chaplin
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: G
Main title
The great dictator
Responsibility statement
United Artists ; written, produced & directed by Charles Chaplin
Runtime
120
Series statement
The Chaplin collection
Summary
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Drama
- Dictators -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Jews + Persecutions -- Germany -- Drama
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drama
- Fascism -- Drama
- Antisemitism -- Germany -- Drama
- Dictators -- Parodies, imitations, etc
- National socialism -- Drama
Content
Is Part Of
Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor6
- Genre3
- Subject12
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Drama
- Dictators -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Jews + Persecutions -- Germany -- Drama
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drama
- Fascism -- Drama
- Antisemitism -- Germany -- Drama
- Dictators -- Parodies, imitations, etc
- National socialism -- Drama
- Content1
- Is Part Of1