The Great Dictator
1940 satirical film
The Great Dictator is a 1940 Charlie Chaplin film satirizing Adolf Hitler and fascism.
Chaplin plays both a Jewish barber and a Hitler-like dictator, ending with a famous speech advocating humanity over tyranny.
The film marked Chaplin's first true talking picture and remains a landmark of political satire in cinema.
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