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During World War I, an anonymous private, (Chaplin) fighting in the army of Tomania, effects the valiant rescue of an officer named Schultz but suffers a loss of memory when the plane in which they are flying crashes into a tree. The little soldier is sent to a hospital where he remains for the next 20 years, unaware of the changes that are taking place around him. He does not know, for instance, that Hynkel (also played by Chaplin) has become Dictator of Tomania, and is ruthlessly persecuting the jews with the help of his two ministers, Garbitsch and Herring.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Returning to the Ghetto</span></h3>
Dismissed at last from the hospital, the amnesia victim returns to his barber-shop in the Ghetto, expecting to find everything as he left it 20 years before because he does not realise that he has been away for so long. He is surprised and hurt, therefore, when Hynkel’s storm-troopers smash his store windows and make his new life miserable. He finds a friend in Hannah, a beautiful daughter of the Ghetto, and before long their friendship ripens into love.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Peace for a While</span></h3>
For a while, they enjoy comparative peace. Schultz has risen to a position of prominence in the new regime and recognises the barber as his friend. He orders the stormtroopers to leave him alone. When Hynkel needs a financial loan from a Jewish financier, he ceases temporarily his persecution of the Jews.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Condemnation</span></h3>
The financier refuses the loan, so Hynkel takes up his antisemitic activities again, with a vengeance. He is planning an invasion of the neighbouring country of Osterlich. Yet when Schultz questions the judgment of this move, the Dictator condemns him to a concentration camp. Schultz manages to escape to the ghetto, where he attempts to incite a revolution against the government. But before he can carry out this plan he and the barber are both captured and interned in a prison camp.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Enlisting an Ally</span></h3>
Pursuing his project of invading Osterlich, Hynkel invites to his palace Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria. After a few comic misunderstandings, he is able to enlist him as an ally. The invasion is successfully completed. Hannah, who has fled with her friends to Osterlich, again finds herself under the domination of Hynkel’s cruel regime.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Celebrating</span></h3>
The great dictator is celebrating his latest conquest by taking a vacation in the country. Meanwhile, Schultz and the barber escape from the concentration camp. In the search that follows, Hynkel is arrested by his own soldiers who think he is the barber. Schultz sees that the barber is mistaken for the Dictator. Realising the importance of his new position the barber carries out the masquerade. Then in a speech before the assembled crowds of Tomania, he denounces everything that Hynkel stands for and makes a rousing plea for democracy.
It is this rousing plea for democracy that you see in this short, inspirational clip here.
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The Great Dictator 1940 Charlie Chaplin
During World War I, an anonymous private, (Chaplin) fighting in the army of Tomania, effects the valiant rescue of an officer named Schultz but suffers a loss of memory when the plane in which they are flying crashes into a tree. The little soldier is sent to a hospital where he remains for the next 20 years, unaware of the changes that are taking place around him. He does not know, for instance, that Hynkel (also played by Chaplin) has become Dictator of Tomania, and is ruthlessly persecuting the jews with the help of his two ministers, Garbitsch and Herring.
Returning to the Ghetto
Dismissed at last from the hospital, the amnesia victim returns to his barber-shop in the Ghetto, expecting to find everything as he left it 20 years before because he does not realise that he has been away for so long. He is surprised and hurt, therefore, when Hynkel’s storm-troopers smash his store windows and make his new life miserable. He finds a friend in Hannah, a beautiful daughter of the Ghetto, and before long their friendship ripens into love.
Peace for a While
For a while, they enjoy comparative peace. Schultz has risen to a position of prominence in the new regime and recognises the barber as his friend. He orders the stormtroopers to leave him alone. When Hynkel needs a financial loan from a Jewish financier, he ceases temporarily his persecution of the Jews.
Condemnation
The financier refuses the loan, so Hynkel takes up his antisemitic activities again, with a vengeance. He is planning an invasion of the neighbouring country of Osterlich. Yet when Schultz questions the judgment of this move, the Dictator condemns him to a concentration camp. Schultz manages to escape to the ghetto, where he attempts to incite a revolution against the government. But before he can carry out this plan he and the barber are both captured and interned in a prison camp.
Enlisting an Ally
Pursuing his project of invading Osterlich, Hynkel invites to his palace Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria. After a few comic misunderstandings, he is able to enlist him as an ally. The invasion is successfully completed. Hannah, who has fled with her friends to Osterlich, again finds herself under the domination of Hynkel’s cruel regime.
Celebrating
The great dictator is celebrating his latest conquest by taking a vacation in the country. Meanwhile, Schultz and the barber escape from the concentration camp. In the search that follows, Hynkel is arrested by his own soldiers who think he is the barber. Schultz sees that the barber is mistaken for the Dictator. Realising the importance of his new position the barber carries out the masquerade. Then in a speech before the assembled crowds of Tomania, he denounces everything that Hynkel stands for and makes a rousing plea for democracy.
It is this rousing plea for democracy that you see in this short, inspirational clip here.
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Would you like to support our Foundation? Do you know of a teenage girl who loves to read books? Here’s a link to one of our fundraisers – a teen book titled The Bravehearts of Belgrave High. Click on the following link to read more:
