| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
020536 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1940. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
World War II.
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Politics.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charles, film director.
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Chaplin, Charles, actor.
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Oakie, Jack, actor.
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Goddard, Paulette, actor.
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Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1127225 Kanopy |
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