THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

In his first full-blown talkie, Charlie Chaplin plays dual roles as a humble Jewish barber mistaken for buffoonish dictator Adenoid Hynkel. Building toward a still-moving final monologue, this impassioned takedown of European fascism endures as one of cinema’s great satires.
This screening is presented in conjunction with a Cinema Classics Seminar taught by Paul Wright, Ph.D.