MOVIE NIGHT:

The Great Dictator

In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him.

‘The speed with which Chaplin flips between slapstick and horror is breath-taking..’

Boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech.

Made as the war got under way, Chaplin later said that had he known of the full extent of the Nazi horrors, he wouldn't have deemed them a laughing matter. But we can be thankful that he did: not only did this hammer Hitler's reputation, but it was also one of the first Hollywood films to tackle antisemitism. Chaplain was instrumental in directing millions of dollars to Jewish refugee centres.

Written, Directed and Starring Charlie Chaplain

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