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Charlie ChaplinScreenplay:
Charlie ChaplinCast:
Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Paulette Goddard, Maurice Moscovitch, Emma Dunn, Chester Conklin, Eddie Gribbon (more)VOD (5)
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In his notorious masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin (in his first pure talkie) brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomanian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charlie Chaplin
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Jack Oakie
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Reginald Gardiner
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Billy Gilbert
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Paulette Goddard
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Maurice Moscovitch
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Emma Dunn
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Chester Conklin
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Charles Sullivan
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