To be honest I was never a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. I was always more of a fan of the Laurel and Hardy type of humour. I find that Charlie Chaplin’s movies dated quite badly compared to the aforementioned Laurel and Hardy movies.
However there is one notable exception. There was one Chaplin movie that has stood the test of time. That movie of course is “the Great Dictator”, released on October 15,1940.
It is relevant now as it was in 1940.
The film is a satire on Adolf Hitler, played by the main character Adenoid Hynkel. The story is based on Hynkel looking exactly like “a Jewish barber”: both are played by Charles Chaplin. But it begins with a notice: “Any resemblance between Hynkel the dictator and the Jewish barber is purely co-incidental”
Chaplin spent two years developing the script and began filming in September 1939, six days…
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