The Great Dictator (Criterion Collection)

Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie. Chaplin plays both a Jewish ghetto barber and a Hitler-esque dictator in this remarkable blend of comedy and social commentary. This new, hi-def digital restoration of Chaplin’s first full-length talkie, which he also directed, features new audio commentary by Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran, A Kevin Brownlow-Michael Kloft documentary entitled The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), which parallels the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, two visual essays by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, a new essay by film critic Michael Wood and much more. 1940/b&w/125 min/NR/fullscreen.