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The Great Dictator

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Comedy, Drama, War
Release Date:January 1, 1940
Running time:126 minutes
Cast:Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Director:Charles Chaplin
Writer:Charles Chaplin

Description: Power, propaganda, art and brilliant comedy. Charlie Chaplin's unforgettable satire on Nazisim was made 60 years ago at the height of Hitler's power. High farce and classic scenes of puffed up idiocy -- including the Dictator's globe dance -- together with a heartfelt plea for peace, and humanity.

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