The Great Dictator
Once again - the whole world laughs!
Once again - the whole world laughs!
Comedy, War
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1940
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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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Rated:
G
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
23 Oct 1940
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Esperanto
Budget:
$2,000,000
Revenue:
$11,000,000
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It is a funny film, which we expect from Chaplin, and a brave one.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
It's when he is playing the dictator that the comedian's voice raises the value of the comedy content of the picture to great heights.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
9 Oct 2008
fresh:
Like all major Chaplin works, Dictator was a cheaply, but methodically, made film, a cardboard act of humanist defiance, and, thanks to its purity of purpose, the cheesier the jokes get, the harder they land.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
23 Dec 2009
fresh:
Chaplin is at his most profound in suggesting that there is much of the Tramp in the Dictator, and much of the Dictator in the Tramp.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
3 Sep 2010
fresh:
The first full-blown talkie from the biggest star of the silent era, complete with a message that Chaplin couldn't have sent more loudly or clearly.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
1 Jun 2011