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  • Title: Great Dictator, The / The Tramp and the Dictator / Charlie the Barber / Monsieur Verdoux (excerpt)
  • Summary: A Jewish barber is mistaken for a dictator.
  • Director: Charles Chaplin
  • Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
  • Year: 1940
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  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Adolf Hitler, Downfall, Hitler A Film from Germany, Hitler the Last Ten Days, Man Hunt
  • Language: English
  • Country: USA
  • Comments: The DVD includes a 55 minute documentary about Charlie Chaplin and Adolph Hitler ("The Tramp and the Dictator"), colour footage shot on the set of the film, a seven minute scene deleted from the 1919 Chaplin film "Sunnyside" ("Charlie the Barber"), a scene from the 1947 Chaplin film "Monsieur Verdoux," posters and scenes from other Chaplin films. Cahiers du Cinema Best Film #24 New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #144
  • Collection: Comedy | War
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  • Title: Great Dictator, The
  • Director: Charles Chaplin
  • Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
  • Country: USA
  • Format: LD