| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 565 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 565.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital, mono; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico; music, Charles Chaplin, Meredith Wilson. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. |
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Special features: New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran; Re-release trailer; The tramp and the dictator (2001) documentary; Two new visual essays; Color production footage; Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker; Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919 film Sunnyside. |
| Summary |
In Chaplin's first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie...and who thwarts his plans for world domination. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optiohnal English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drama.
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Drama.
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Dictators -- Drama.
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Dictators -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Fascism -- Drama.
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National socialism -- Drama.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Drama.
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Antisemitism -- Germany -- Drama.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977. Director. Screenwriter. Actor.
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Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978. Actor.
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Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990. Actor.
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Charles Chaplin Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604654233 |
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1604654236 |
| Standard No. |
715515080712 |
| Music No. |
CC2011D The Criterion Collection |
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