Charlie Chaplin plays dual roles: a Hitler-like dictator and a comic Jewish barber. Yes, the film is funny and filled with gags and pratfalls. But it is also one of Chaplin’s more serious works, with deep strains of sadness and tragedy. There are also wonderful moments of Chaplin pantomime: as he shaves a customer in time to classical music, and when he dances with the world globe as dictator.
1940 – 2 hr 5 min – USA – b/w – HD Digital – d: Charles Chaplin
