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The Great Dictator

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  • Director: Charlie Chaplin
  • Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert
  • Released: Oct 15, 1940

Synopsis

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Source: TMDB (edited as needed)

My commentary

Chaplin's forever masterpiece, with a message that will never grow old and could be a call to ation and communion among all human in millennia to come.

Awards

  • National Board of Review: Top Ten FilmsNational Board of Review of Motion Pictures
  • New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorOther awards
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