Essays on The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin’s performance in The Great Dictator (1940) In the history of soundless cinema, The Great Dictator still stands unbeaten as a marvel among all of the Charlie Chaplin’s greatest works. The unique element of surprise in this movie comes from the fact that the movie exerts a satirical comedy over perhaps the cruelest historical figure, Adolf Hitler at times when he was on peak of his action plan coming into reality. This essay is intended to analyze the various aspects of Charlie Chaplin’s character and role play in this movie to understand what elements made ...

In Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 comedy The Great Dictator, Chaplin’s first silent film, the renowned comedian and silent-film joymaker takes one of his biggest risks – making a film about Adolf Hitler, who at the time of the film’s release was one of the most hated and tyrannical figures alive. More than just the typical slapstick comedy, The Great Dictator sees Chaplin taking many different chances – unlike his previous film, Modern Times, this film would fully embrace the sound era, with nearly the entire film being filled with dialogue and fully-verbose characters. Even riskier than that, however, is the ...

Charles Spencer Chaplin, well known as Charlie Chaplin was a legendary comedian. He belonged to South London and his date of birth is April 16th, 1889. Besides being an actor, Chaplin was also a director, writer and music composer for the period of the silent movies era. His movies, though silent, are full of amusement and are admired even in this modern world.

Charlie faced a lot of tribulations in his childhood due to poverty. He lived with his mother, Hannah Chaplin, a vaudeville singer, and his older half brother Sydney. His father, Charles Chaplin, Sr., a vaudeville actor, left them when he found ...