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. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, 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.Nominated for 5 Academy Awards:Best Picture: Charlie Chaplin for Charlie Chaplin Productions and United ArtistsBest Actor: Charlie ChaplinBest Supporting Actor: Jack OakieBest Original Screenplay: Charlie ChaplinBest Original Score: Meredith WillsonWritten and Directed by Charles ChaplinCinematography by Karl Struss and Rollie TotherohMusic by Charles Chaplin and Meredith WillsonMusical Direction by Meredith WillsonEditing by Willard NicoArt Direction by J. Russell SpencerSet Decoration by Edward G. BoyleSound by Glenn Rominger and Percy TownsendSpecial Effects by Jack Cosgrove and Ralph HammerasStarring Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard, Maurice Moscovich, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle, Carter DeHaven, Wheeler Dryden, Emma Dunn, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, and Chester Conklin
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