The Great Dictator (DVD)

Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitler. Particularly delectable comic scenes are Hynkel's balletic pas de deux with a globe, and a cream cake fight between Hynkel and Napoloni, the dictator of Bacteria.Additional Release Material:Chaplin: A Legacy of Laughter CollectionBonus Scene - SUNNYSIDE (1918) (Note: InspiredDictator's barber scene.)Newsreel Footage - MovieTone (1933) (Note: About Hitler)Additional Products: Program for the Premiere Notes, Drafts, and Records for the Final Speech(Jacket includes synopsis, chapter, and frame guide and biographies of Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard.)