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Chaplin plays two roles in his legendary satire of Adolf Hitler, which he also wrote and directed. Released one year before the U.S. entered the war, the film ridicules an enemy that most Americans had not yet accepted as their own. The film also marks Chaplin’s first speaking role.
This article appears in August 17 • 2007.
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