The Great Dictator (1940) - Written, directed, and starring Sir Charles Chaplin.

Wow. I don't think I've ever really seen a full-length Charlie Chaplin feature, let alone this masterpiece! Sir Charlie played two roles in this WWII satire: That of a Hitleresque dictator, and his double: a Jewish barber with amnesia since WWI.

It was odd enough hearing him actually speak for over 2 hours - especially in that German accent! I swear, though -- most of the time I thought I was watching Peter Sellers, especially from the Dr. Strangelove era. Uncanny!

Incredibly too funny to be offensive, I think. And Paulette Goddard was quite hot in the day -- despite the fact this year she would've been 97 years old



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin

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