The great dictator.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Chaplin, Charles, film director.
Chaplin, Charles, actor.
Oakie, Jack, actor.
Goddard, Paulette, actor.
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) (Firm), Distributor
Chaplin, Charles, actor.
Oakie, Jack, actor.
Goddard, Paulette, actor.
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Janus Films (The Criterion Collection), 1940., Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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eVideo
Language
English
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Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1940.
Description
In his controversial 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 "Tomainian" 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.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.