The Great Dictator (1940)

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Guionista:

Charles Chaplin (writer)

Release Date:

15 octubre 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Frase comercial:

The Comedy Masterpiece!

Plot:

In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double... a poor Jewish barber... who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.

Plot Keywords:

Speech | 1930s | Airplane Accident | Anti War | Anti Semitism

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 2

9:30 PM

TCM

Cast

Charles Chaplin	...	Adenoid Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania) / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard	...	Hannah
Jack Oakie	...	Benzini Napaloni (Dictator of Bacteria)
Reginald Gardiner	...	Commander Schultz
Henry Daniell	...	Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert	...	Field Marshal Herring
Grace Hayle	...	Madame Napaloni
Carter DeHaven	...	Spook (Bacterian ambassador) (as Carter De Haven)
Maurice Moscovitch	...	Mr. Jaeckel
Emma Dunn	...	Mrs. Jaeckel
Bernard Gorcey	...	Mr. Mann
Paul Weigel	...	Mr. Agar
Chester Conklin	...	Barber's Customer
Esther Michelson	...	Jewish Woman
Hank Mann	...	Storm Trooper

También conocida como:

The Dictator (USA) (working title)
Gran dictador, El (Spain) [es]

Duración:

124 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Germany:6 (DVD rating) | UK:U (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 (2003) | Finland:K-12 | Finland:S (re-release) | France:U | Germany:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:PG (re-rating) | Norway:7 | Spain:(Banned) (1940-1976) | Spain:T (re-rating) (1976) | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) | USA:Approved (PCA #6611) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | West Germany:12 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company:

Charles Chaplin Productions

Trivialidades:

Some reports refute Charles Chaplin's claims of ignorance as to the true extent of Nazi atrocities, stating that Chaplin was very much aware of the various goings-on, but decided to make the film anyway as an attack on Nazi ideology.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Hynkel is chased in the ghetto streets by stormtroopers, one studio building can be seen in the upper right corner of the frame.

Quotes:

Adenoid Hynkel: Schultz, why have you forsaken me?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Remember that......

..this movie has been done when Hitler ( and Mussolini who is as well in the movie) was at the top and many politics and even the Roman Church used to close eyes about brutality and evil of Nazism. Especially in USA there were many people who had not understood what was really going on in Germany and Europe ( Charles Lindenbergh for example ).It would be as today a big actor would made a parody of Berlusconi or Chirac. Chaplin maybe made a lot of mistakes in his life, but this is really a masterpiece of humanity and IMHO a great demonstration he was a courageous man. The movie is funny and deep, the final speech has a terrible strength and is still updated. I think this movie is one of the best ever done.