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The great dictator
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War II.
- Politics.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) 1940
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2018
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- 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
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1940
- OCLC:
- 914225677
- Publisher Number:
- 1127225 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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