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The Great Dictator (1940)
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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Charles Chaplin accepted an invitation to perform the movie's climactic speech on national radio.
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Note, any resemblance between Hynkle the Dictator and the Jewish Barber is purely co-incidental.
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This is a story of a period between two World Wars - an interim in which Insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and Humanity was kicked around ...
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(at around 30 mins) When the Jewish Barber cleans the word "Jew" off his shop window, a dotted line can be seen to mark where the W would be painted again for the next take.
Crazy Credits
The film is obviously a satire on Adolf Hitler, represented by Adenoid Hynkel, and its story is based on Hynkel looking exactly like "a Jewish barber": both are played by Charles Chaplin. But it begins with a notice: "Any resemblance between Hynkel the dictator and the Jewish barber is purely co-incidental".
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Genres
Comedy | Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
7 March 1941Language
English, Esperanto
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USABox Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
€9,826 (Italy) (22 December 2002)
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