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The great dictator

The great dictator

DVD 2003

In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish "Tomainian" dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Okie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going afte...

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ISBN:
9781604654233
Description:
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (28 pages)
digital
optical
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: Not rated
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940
Director of photography, Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh; editor, Willard Nico; music, Charles Chaplin, Meredith Wilson
Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio), Dolby digital mono
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)
Contents:
Disc one. The film
Disc two. The supplements
Control Number:
533687
UPC:
715515080712
Other Authors:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Daniell, Henry, 1894-1963
Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980
Gilbert, Billy, 1894-1971
Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990
Hayle, Grace, 1888-1963
Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978
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