Classics of sound films

Leda 2021-10-22 14:30:51

This is a classic work that Chaplin is touching on audio films. Although Chaplin once abandoned sound and entered the film, the tide of the times is irreversible, and new technologies will inevitably bring new expressions. It can be said that the artistic value and political value of this film have reached the highest altitude of a comedy.
After the laughter, we should remember the people who were slaughtered by racism, and we should also instill the idea of ​​freedom into our minds, because freedom is more important than life.

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The Great Dictator quotes

  • Adenoid Hynkel: Schultz, why have you forsaken me?

  • Schultz: [plane is upside down] We're upside down!

    A Jewish Barber: I know it.

    Schultz: Give me that stick!

    A Jewish Barber: Impossible.

    Schultz: [engine dies] Oh, there it goes. We're out of gas. Well, this is it then.

    [pulls out cigarette pack]

    Schultz: Cigarette?

    A Jewish Barber: Not now.

    Schultz: Then I shant need this anymore.

    [tosses cigarette pack]