125 mins |
Rated
G
Starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert
Charlie Chaplin Season at The Vic:
The Timeless Genius is Back on the Big Screen!
Charlie Chaplin's unique film style of slapstick comedy and drama with his unforgettable Character of The Tramp continues to enchant and entertain 100 years on. To mark the 100th release anniversary of Chaplin’s first full-length film The Kid (1921), The Vic is screening 6 Chaplin films over the coming months – experience these classics on the big screen!
The Great Dictator (1940)
A barber wounded during the First World War returns home after 20 years within hospital walls. His shop has grown full of cobwebs and dust, but it is the hateful graffiti on his shop window that takes him totally by surprise. Hynkel, the tyrannical dictator, and his henchmen persecute the barber, as well as the rest of the Jewish community, including the beautiful Hannah…A visionary satire that marked history, just as history itself left its mark on the film.
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Charlie Chaplin Season at The Vic:
The Timeless Genius is Back on the Big Screen!
Charlie Chaplin's unique film style of slapstick comedy and drama with his unforgettable Character of The Tramp continues to enchant and entertain 100 years on. To mark the 100th release anniversary of Chaplin’s first full-length film The Kid (1921), The Vic is screening 6 Chaplin films over the coming months – experience these classics on the big screen!
The Great Dictator (1940)
A barber wounded during the First World War returns home after 20 years within hospital walls. His shop has grown full of cobwebs and dust, but it is the hateful graffiti on his shop window that takes him totally by surprise. Hynkel, the tyrannical dictator, and his henchmen persecute the barber, as well as the rest of the Jewish community, including the beautiful Hannah…A visionary satire that marked history, just as history itself left its mark on the film.