Film Critique of The Great Dictator by Samuel Igiozee https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac This will be a film of critique on one of Charlie Chaplin's films, The Great Dictator. en-us 2019-03-20 12:29:37 UTC 2025-12-09 15:55:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Cover Art sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343280973 2019-03-20 12:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343280973 More Cover Art sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343281977 2019-03-20 12:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343281977 Summary of the Movie sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343282278 The plot of the movie follows a Jewish barber (Charlie Chaplin) who resembles dictator Adenoid Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin) must escape the oppressive regime of Hynkel.]]> 2019-03-20 12:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343282278 Movie Cast sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343283832 People of the Ghetto:
  • Charlie Chaplin - the Jewish barber, the main protagonist 
  • Paulette Goddard - Hannah, the barber’s neighbor
  • Maurice Moscovich - Mr. Jaeckel, the renter of the barber’s shop
  • Emma Dunn - Mrs. Jaeckel
  • Bernard Gorcey - Mr. Mann
  • Paul Weigel - Mr. Agar

People of the Palace:
  • Charlie Chaplin - Adenoid Hynkel, the main antagonist, a parody of Adolf Hitler  
  • Jack Oakie - Benzino Napaloni, a parody of Benito Mussolini
  • Reginald Gardiner - Commander Shultz
  • Henry Daniell - Garbitsch, a parody of Joseph Goebbels
  • Billy Gilbert - Herring, a parody of Hermann Göring 
  • Grace Hayle - Madame Napaloni, the wife of Benzino Napaloni
  • Carter de Haven -  Bacterian ambassador 
]]> 2019-03-20 12:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343283832 Medium Shot sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343287013 Convey anger and authority]]> 2019-03-20 12:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343287013 Medium Shot sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343287781 Conveys shock and fear]]> 2019-03-20 12:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343287781 Close Shot sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343288912 Conveys astonishment and happiness]]> 2019-03-20 12:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343288912 Food Fight sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343290145 Adeniod Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin) is having a food fight with Benzino Napaloni (Jackie Oakie) over a treaty agreement.]]> 2019-03-20 12:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343290145 The Shaving Scene sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343291441 Chaplin (who is also playing Jewish barber) is giving a man a shave at his barber shop and he seems to be following the sway of the music.]]> 2019-03-20 12:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343291441 The Greatest Speech sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343292407 A message that is still relevant to this very day.]]> 2019-03-20 12:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343292407 Charlie Chaplin´s Style of Film-making with Camera Shots sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343293160 Chaplin’s style of film-making is his use of camera shots to convey the emotion of his characters. The camera shots that he mainly used in The Great Dictator were close-ups, zooming close-ups, and medium shots. ]]> 2019-03-20 12:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343293160 Sources sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343295172 Works Cited
“The Great Dictator.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Mar. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator#Plot.
Official, OLDMOVIES. “Charlie Chaplin - Food Fight ‘The Great Dictator’ (1940) HD.” YouTube, YouTube, 13 July 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOsE5BuvJoY.
“Ultimate Guide to Camera Shots [50  Types of Shots and Angles in Film].” StudioBinder, 2 Jan. 2019, www.studiobinder.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-camera-shots/#LS.
yantiparrazi. “The Great Dictator - The Shaving Scene (HD).” YouTube, YouTube, 17 Mar. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZk-nIy9RY8.

]]> 2019-03-20 13:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343295172 Backstory to the Creation of the sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343296445 When the movie was being created, Chaplin made The Great Dictator as satire black-and-white film. He made satire out of real people during the Second World War such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini who were the leaders of fascist countries. Chaplin also made satire out of fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis.]]> 2019-03-20 13:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343296445 Music Soundtrack sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343297878
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 written by Johannes Brahms
  • Prelude to "Lohengrin", Act 1 by Richard Wagner 
  • String Quintet in E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet by Luigi Boccherini 
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    ]]>     2019-03-20 13:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343297878     Mise-en-scene sigiozee19 https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343300640 When it comes to the mise-en-scene of the movie, I feel as though the scenes feel quite limited but the characters and costumes are perfect for the time period of the movie. The setting for the movie acts as a parody of Germany in the 1940s where the country in the movie is called Tomainia. The people of the ghetto draw similarities towards the Jews of Germany during the 1940s without the showing of mass murder of course. The people of the palace also draws similarities to the real-life people of the 1940s Germany and Italy as well. When it comes to the music soundtrack of the movie, I find it entertaining and fun when it needs to be but the music will somber and calm when it comes feeling pathos. All actors were on point throughout the entire movie by keeping their characters on track but the best moment of the movie was when one of the actors went out of character in order to convey a message.]]> 2019-03-20 13:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sigiozee19/wzvonmp7omac/wish/343300640