Chaplin

Winifred 2021-10-22 14:30:51

In fact, it is not as good as the several works of Chaplin's silent film peak period, but it takes courage to make such a film when the Nazis were the most arrogant. As Chaplin's first sound film, the last seven-minute speech is recognized as the best speech in Chaplin's acting career. But as Chaplin's first sound film, its influence has surpassed that of a movie. But the laughs and the story may not be so brilliant in my opinion because of the age, because the film was shot in the most arrogant era of the Nazis, which can be described as courageous. The ballet dance in the film and the haircut with the accompaniment of the fifth Hungarian dance music are also classics.

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Extended Reading
  • Katlyn 2021-10-22 14:40:14

    When Chaplin made this film, he must be very angry, otherwise he would not make a provocative and effective film; Hitler and Mussolini’s avatars are like two clowns, but they are angry. But it also had a certain counter-force to the movie itself. It didn't have the perfect sense of balance as before in the silent era. It was almost a confession in Chaplin's own heart that came too hastily.

  • Lavonne 2022-03-22 09:01:21

    It seems that everyone thinks the speech at the end is wonderful, but I think it is too deliberately preachy, like a political propaganda film. In addition, Chaplin's acting is excellent, but his films now seem to be free from the disease of loose structure and weak ending.

The Great Dictator quotes

  • Adenoid Hynkel: [in the middle of a speech in which he rants in "German"] Phooey!

  • Adenoid Hynkel: Garbitsch, what's the meaning of this? These appropriations? Twenty-five million for prison camps when we need every penny for the manufacturing of ammunition's?

    Garbitsch: We've had to make a few arrests.

    Adenoid Hynkel: A few? How many?

    Garbitsch: Nothing astronomical. Five or ten thousand.

    Adenoid Hynkel: Oh.

    Garbitsch: A day.

    Adenoid Hynkel: A day?

    Garbitsch: Just a few dissenters, that's all.