The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator (1940):

"Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people"

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Charlie Chaplin's first "talkie", a must watch. Written and directed by Chaplin as a satire on Adolf Hitler and dictatorship set in the period between the First and Second World War. Keeping with Chaplin's "The Tramp" theme this movie is a comedy and a mockumentary. Deliberate imitations of Hitler and Mussolini earned Chaplin many communist allegations but his words speaks volumes of how ahead of the times he truly was.

Although I had a small problem with a certain plot point this movie delivers one of the best climaxes with probably the greatest monologue. It's the greatest speech a politician never made.

Director: Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner

Rating: 4/5