Review of The Great Dictator (1940) by Robert B — 07 Jun 2008
Chaplin was never ever one to shy away from being controversial. He also never one to take the medium of film lightly. Though he almost exclusively produced and directed comedies in his whirlwind Hollywood film career, he was nevertheless aware of the power and scope cinema could have.
No surprise then that he chose as his victim of ridicule in 1940 the personage of Hitler the then revered German Dictator and the plight of the Jewish people of Europe. Called a traitor by some of his own friends at the time, Chaplin was not at all praising Hitler as some thought but was rather pointing out the obvious fact that the Hitler like all Dictators and Emperors would eventually lose the power that he took from his people and country.
This review of The Great Dictator (1940) was written by Robert B on 07 Jun 2008.
The Great Dictator has generally received very positive reviews.
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