The Great Dictator

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film satirical comedy film

The Great Dictator is a 1940 satirical comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin that boldly parodies Adolf Hitler and fascism.

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Label	Occurrences
The Great Dictator canonical	34
The Great Dictator (1940 film)	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ satirical comedy film ⓘ
character	Adenoid Hynkel ⓘ Benzino Napaloni ⓘ Commander Schultz ⓘ Hannah ⓘ The Jewish Barber ⓘ
cinematography	Karl Struss ⓘ Roland Totheroh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
distributedBy	United Artists ⓘ
editedBy	Willard Nico ⓘ
filmFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
genre	anti-fascist film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ war film ⓘ
hasIMDbId	tt0032553 ⓘ
musicBy	Meredith Willson ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableScene	final speech advocating democracy and humanity ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
parodies	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Benito Mussolini ⓘ
producer	Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
productionCompany	Charles Chaplin Productions ⓘ surface form: Charles Chaplin Film Corporation
publicationDate	1940-10-15 ⓘ
releaseYear	1940 ⓘ
runningTime	125 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
setInPeriod	World War II era ⓘ
starring	Billy Gilbert ⓘ Charlie Chaplin ⓘ Henry Daniell ⓘ Jack Oakie ⓘ Maurice Moscovitch ⓘ Paulette Goddard ⓘ Reginald Gardiner ⓘ
theme	anti-Semitism ⓘ critique of fascism ⓘ dictatorship ⓘ parody of Adolf Hitler ⓘ
writer	Charlie Chaplin ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Great Dictator (1940 film)

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