Kinoteka: Veliki diktator
komedija
The Great Dictator, United States, 125 min
Imdb ocena 8.4
Žanr: komedija, drama, vojni
Igrajo: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Režija: Charles Chaplin
Avtorji: Charles Chaplin
Jezik: angleški, esperanto, latinski
Slovenski opis filma:
Velika komedija 'malega potepuha' Charlesa Chaplina Charles Chaplin sije v vlogi judovskega brivca, ki se je boril v prvi svetovni vojni in v herojski akciji izgubil spomin. Ko ga odpustijo iz bolnišnice, je vržen v svet, ki ga ne pozna. Njegovi domovini Tomaniji vlada diktator Adenoid Hynkel, ki sovraži predvsem Jude, a si želi podjarmiti ves svet. Brivec se vrne v judovski geto, kjer ga skoraj linčajo zaradi protesta proti fašističnim napisom v njegovi ulici. Zaradi naključne podobnosti z diktatorjem Hynklom – oba imata pod nosom male brčice – je brivec naenkrat prisiljen prevzeti Hynklovo identiteto. Izvirni naslov: / Ameriški film, 1940 / Režija in scenarij: Charles Chaplin / Igrajo: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Originalni opis filma:
20 years after the end of WWI, in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewish Tomainian barber who has been hospitalized since a WWI battle. Upon his release the barber, who had been suffering from memory loss about the war, is shown the new persecuted life of the Jews by many living in the Jewish ghetto, including a washerwoman named Hannah with whom he begins a relationship. The barber is ultimately spared such persecution by Commander Schultz, whom he saved in that WWI battle. The lives of all Jews in Tomainia are eventually spared with a policy shift by Hynkel himself, who is doing so for ulterior motives. But those motives include a desire for world domination, starting with the invasion of neighboring Osterlich, which may be threatened by Benzino Napaloni, the dictator of neighboring Bacteria. Ultimately Schultz, who has turned traitor against Hynkel's regime, and the barber may be able to join forces to take control of the situation, using Schultz's inside knowledge of the regime's workings and the barber's uncanny resemblance to one of those in power.