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The great dictator /

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Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Great dictator (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation, MK2 Productions, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990, Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978, Daniell, Henry, 1894-1963, Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980, Gilbert, Billy, 1894-1971
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English (Dolby surround 5.1 and mono.), French (mono.), and Spanish (mono.), with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean.
Published: [France?] : Burbank, CA : Mk2 Editions ; Warner Home Video, [2003]
Edition:Standard version.
Series:Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))
Subjects:
Comedy films.
Dictators > Drama.
Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945 > Parodies, imitations, etc.
Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945 > Parodies, imitations, etc.
Fascism > Drama.
National socialism > Drama.
Jews > Persecutions > Germany > Drama.
Antisemitism > Germany > Drama.
Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Table of Contents:
  • disc 1. The film (120 min.)
  • disc 2. Special features (113 min.)