
1940 ***** 120 mins.
Charlie Chaplin's first talking film is a masterpiece. Chaplin plays two parts: a malevolent dictator (Adenoid Hynkel) and a Jewish barber. This film is exactly the way comedies should be made.
Number 11 on KRSJR Productions' 25 Greatest Motion Pictures of All Time.
Charles Chaplin is Number 10 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Stars.
Number 37 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs.
Originally Not Rated; since rated G.
Written and Directed by
Charles Chaplin