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The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only major Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film.
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En 1940, Europa ardía en las llamas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el régimen nazi exhibía su poder más despiadado pero..., un hombre con bigote y aire patético se subió a un podio... vio a todas partes y pronunció un discurso conmovedor y premonitorio, tal vez, el más premonitorio de la historia del cine. Charles Chaplin, se atrevió a ridiculizar a Adolf Hitler antes de que el mundo comprendiera la magnitud total d…More
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Hello friends, a big hug to all movie lovers and all the followers of this Hive platform, today I bring you in this section of cinemania a movie a little old and classic, but very important in the world of cinema and especially one of the best film actors in history. THE GREAT DICTATOR. THE GREAT DICTATOR. - The film is a parody on the figure of "Adolf Hitler", made and starring the silent comedy actor "Charles Chap…More
If there is one person who can serve as an iconic image for the entire history of cinema, it is Sir Charles Chaplin. The British actor and director made not only a lasting contribution to the seventh art in early Hollywood, but also became the first truly global star with his popular silent comedies that, through their visual humour, easily transcended national and language barriers. Somewhat ironically, Chaplin’s c…More
Hello Movies & TV Shows community Film history is filled with masterpieces that shaped their times and worked both as propaganda for the ideological spread at the time they were published, it is weird to see comedy in their annals and even less with the satirical ones, as the very nature of satire is less effective on that way of influence, because they work on a reactive way, and it limits itself to assault some id…More
Versión en Español Charles Chaplin comentaba que era muy divertido ridiculizar a personas vanidosas que ocupan posiciones elevadas, y para ese entonces, (año 1939) la persona que más se ajustaba a dicha descripción era Adolf Hitler. Así, ideo una sátira en la que criticaba al Tercer Reich precisamente en la época que los alemanes invaden Polonia y comienza la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1 de septiembre de 1939). Chaplin…More
Una película imprescindible Aunque seas muy joven (o quizás no tanto), si te gusta el cine, habrás oído hablar de Charles Chaplin, uno de los genios del cine mudo de los años veinte y treinta. Sin embargo, es posible que no hayas visto ninguna de sus películas. Cine mudo, en blanco y negro, de hace casi un siglo, no te llama mucho la atención, ¿verdad? pues, espero hacerte cambiar de opinión con este post. Póster pr…More
Chaplin’s first movie in which he personally speaks, and one of his most legendary works in his rich film collection. A story of a Jew veteran of the First World War who loses his memory where the plane crashes when trying to save a soldier from enemy forces. Many years later, the Jew exposes himself from the hospital, but has not yet recovered his memory, and thinks that the First World War ended only a few weeks a…More