The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin’s first talking film tells the story of a Jewish barber whose resemblance to the dictator Hynkel leads him to take the tyrant’s place. After spending twenty years in a hospital recovering from war injuries, the barber returns home to find his shop covered in dust and defaced with hateful graffiti. Under Hynkel’s brutal regime, he and the Jewish community, including the kind-hearted Hannah, face relentless persecution. A daring and visionary satire, The Great Dictator remains one of cinema’s most powerful and timeless masterpieces of classic comedy.