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The great dictator

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604654233
  • ISBN: 1604654236
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940.
Special features include high-definition restoration, audio commentary, re-release trailer, documentary: The tramp and the dictator (2001), visual essays, color production footage, Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker, deleted scenes.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. the supplements.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Directors of photography, Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh ; film editor, Willard Nico ; musical direction, Meredith Willson ; original music, Charles Chaplin, Meredith Willson ; art director, J. Russell Spencer ; sound, Percy Townsend, Glenn Rominger.
Participant or Performer Note: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital, mono.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards Note:
Named to the National Film Registry in 1997 by the Library of Congress ; Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Chaplin), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Oakie), Best Music, Original Score (Meredith Willson), Best Picture, Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Charles Chaplin), 1940 Academy Awards (U.S.A.).
Subject: Mussolini, Benito -- 1883-1945 -- Drama
Hitler, Adolf -- 1889-1945
Mussolini, Benito -- 1883-1945
Hitler, Adolf -- 1889-1945 -- Drama
Fascism -- Drama
National socialism -- Parodies, imitations, etc
Antisemitism
Dictators -- Drama
Dictators -- Parodies, imitations, etc
Fascism
Antisemitism -- Germany -- Drama
Fascism -- Parodies, imitations, etc
National socialism
Dictators
Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Drama
National socialism -- Drama
Jews -- Persecutions
Germany
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
Genre: War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Dark comedy films.
Parodies, imitations, etc.
History.
Dark comedy films.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
War films.
Fiction films.
National Film Registry.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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Williams Lake Branch GRE (Text) 33923006125557 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -

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