The great dictator

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political  satire comedy -drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin's first true sound film.
In this movie we could find that how Hitler rules in Germany.....In this time he became king of Germany...He believe in autocracy. He doesn't believe in democracy..He doesn't believe in humanity , equality, spirituality etc...In this film Chaplin played double roll..One is Common man and another is The Great Dictator.In Germany jews people suffers lot during Hitler's rule...So many jews people killed in Gas Chamber.He always believe that Only Aaryans are pure German..He doesn't like jews. Charlie Chaplin told about all the things very comical way. He also told about how powerful people exploited poor people or powerless people. In this movie Musolini and Hitler both are want to prove themselves. They always want show their power.. that's very comic things in this movie. End of the movie we can say that Democracy is the best way of any country even poeple also..We always oppose the Autocracy.. Because Autocracy is always harmful for human being.. End of the movie we can find Hope.. last speech in this movie Charlie Chaplin told about Democracy, human rights, women empowerment, equality etc.

The Great Dictator was Chaplin’s first film with dialogue. Chaplin plays both a little Jewish barber, living in the ghetto, and Hynkel, the dictator ruler of Tomainia. In his autobiography Chaplin quotes himself as having said: “One doesn’t have to be a Jew to be anti Nazi. All one has to be is a normal decent human being.”

Chaplin and Hitler were born within a week of one another. “There was something uncanny in the resemblance between the Little Tramp and Adolf Hitler, representing opposite poles of humanity, ” writes Chaplin biographer David Robinson, reproducing an unsigned article from The Spectator dated 21st April 1939:

“Providence was in an ironical mood when, fifty years ago this week, it was ordained that Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler should make their entry into the world within four days of each other….Each in his own way has expressed the ideas, sentiments, aspirations of the millions of struggling citizens ground between the upper and the lower millstone of society. (…) Each has mirrored the same reality – the predicament of the “little man” in modern society. Each is a distorting mirror, the one for good, the other for untold evil.”

Chaplin spent many months drafting and re-writing the speech for the end of the film, a call for peace from the barber who has been mistaken for Hynkel. Many people criticized the speech, and thought it was superfluous to the film. Others found it uplifting. Regrettably Chaplin’s words are as relevant today as they were in 1940.

Themes
Comedy
Political satire
Autocracy
Dictatorship
One man show
Nationalism
Etc.