The Tramp and the Dictator

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The Tramp and the Dictator

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A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.

Feb 14, 200255 minReleasedEN

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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice)

Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein

Self (uncredited)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Self (uncredited)

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin

Self

Al Hirschfeld

Al Hirschfeld

Self (uncredited)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Self (uncredited)

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Self (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bernard Vorhaus

Bernard Vorhaus

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Studios

BBC

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Spiegel TV

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Photoplay Productions

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