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The Great Dictator

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8.6
86,608
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Original title
The Great Dictator
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Running time
128 min.
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United States United States
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Genre
Comedy | Satire. Nazism. II World War. Propaganda. Cult movie
Synopsis
In the 1930s, Tomania falls under the control of dictator Adenoid Hynkel, who dreams of world domination. In the Jewish district of the capital lives a barber who looks so much like Hynkel that he could be his twin. During the First World War, the barber had saved the life of a military pilot named Schultz, who has now become a commanding officer. Schultz pays the barber back by protecting the area in which he lives from anti-Semites. But when Schultz is arrested for being too friendly with Jews, both men are taken to a concentration camp. Later, the two men escape and the barber is mistaken for Hynkel. He takes the opportunity to make a radio speech in the dictator’s place.
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Awards
1940: Academy Awrards, includinb best Movie, Actor (Chaplin) and Screenplay
1940: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Chaplin)
1940: Academy Awards (Oscars): 5 nominations
1940: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
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The Great Dictator
1940
Charles Chaplin
8.6
(86,608)
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