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The Great Dictator

Genre
Comedy
Rating
G
Released
15 October, 1940
The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American satirical comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film. Chaplin's film advanced a stirring condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis. At the time of its first release, the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany and neutral during what were the early days of World War II. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber. The Great Dictator was popular with audiences, becoming Chaplin's most commercially successful film. Modern critics have praised it as a historically significant film, one of the greatest comedy films ever made and an important work of satire.

Director Charlie Chaplin
Produced by Charlie Chaplin
Writer(s) Charlie Chaplin
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovich
Music Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson
Cinematography Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh
Edited by Willard Nico, Harold Rice
Production, company Charles Chaplin Film Corporation
Distributed by United Artists
Released October 15, 1940 (New York City), October 31, 1940 (United States)
Running time 124 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2 million (US$ in 2015 dollars)
Box office $3.5 million (US rentals)
Netflix ID 60028133

Acerca de The Great Dictator

Chaplin's first talkie film, he satirizes horrific dictators like Adolf Hitler and also plays a poor Jewish barber.

Los logros de The Great Dictator

Chaplin wrote, directed, and produced the film. It was nominated for a total of five Academy Awards. 

Principales datos que no sabías sobre The Great Dictator

Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934), possibly the first American anti-Nazi film.. To Be or Not to Be (February 15, 1942), a dark comedy about living in Nazi-occupied Warsaw (also remade in 1983 by Mel Brooks ).. Anti-fascist propaganda films.. Cultural depictions of Benito Mussolini.. Esperanto-language films.. Films about fascists.. Anti-war films about World War II.. Films directed by Charlie Chaplin.. American political satire films.. Fictional dictators.. Films set in Europe.. Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler.. Military humor in film.. American satirical films.

Información más reciente sobre The Great Dictator actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.