Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator - in a plane

THE GREAT DICTATOR

At the end of during the first world war Tomania Army soldier, to save the life of Officer Schultz on his plane suffers an accident and loses his memory and remain in hospital for 20 years. When, still amnesiac, escapes from hospital, returns home, where reopens his old barber shop located in the Ghetto. Times have changed. The country is ruled by the dictator Hynkel Astolfo, and there is a brutal discrimination against Jews.
One of the Ghetto young, beautiful Hannah, defends the barber when harassed by members of the security forces Hynkel. They fall in love and must suffer the abuses of the dictatorship, though they have the breath to have the protection of Schultz, who admitted the barber, and a short period of peace with the Jews while Hynkel trying to get financing for your Jewish banker ambitions of global domination.

 Hynkel "plays" with a balloon loan terráqueoEl rejection by the Jewish banker encourages the resumption of oppression in the Ghetto, Schultz face him down in disgrace by his lack of humanity to the dictator and to hide the Jews. The prosecution produced the barber and Schultz are sent to a concentration camp.
Hynkel Osterlich decides to invade, but the intrusion of the leader of Bacteria, Benzino Napaloni, forces you to invite and be diplomatic, which flows into a ridiculous war of food and cake between the two dictators.
Hannah and people flee to Osterlich Ghetto, but soon began the invasion from Tomania. Then, to escape the barber, and Schultz, Hynkel be picked up by mistake by his own troops, for their strong resemblance to the barber, and this will be taken by Hynkel and taken to give a speech on the opening of world conquest.

 Final speech scene Instead, the barber gives a speech exhorting humanity to leave the mechanization of man, dictatorships, discrimination, and recovery of humanity: "I am very sorry but I do not want to be dictator. I do not want to rule or conquer anyone. I want to help all, Jew, Gentile, black or white ... Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and made us ill. We think and feel too little. More than machinery we need kindness and gentleness ... Soldiers in the name of democracy, unite! ".
Applauded by the crowd, speaking to himself: "Can you hear me Hannah? Wherever you are, facing upwards, Hannah! ".
Hannah, at home, destroyed by the invaders back, looks at the sky with hope, and that face the screen is closed.

 

 

CHARLIE CHAPLIN BIOGRAPHY

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in East Street, in the district of Walworth (London) on April 16, 1889, according to said information for himself and has no official documentation of his birth, so this is the first mystery in life Chaplin. His parents were music hall artists.It is commonly assumed that he was Jewish, which seems to be true, which mention in an interview in 1940 during the premiere of The Great Dictator, which says: "I'm not Jewish, but would be happy. He was strongly identified with the Jews, who defended, but there is no documented source to say with certainty whether his father was Jewish. On the other hand, is known to his mother, Hannah Smith, stage name Lily Harley, was a gypsy woman Romanichel [1], and probably also his father was. Account Chaplin's son in his biography that his father was extremely proud of his Romany blood.Charlie's family lived mired in terrible poverty urban London in the late nineteenth century. His mother (actress) his career was cut short because it suffered schizophrenia, and his father was an alcoholic singer. Charlie grew up in Kensington, surrounded by many music-hall players.Charlie was in the care of his mother when the couple separated shortly after birth. His father died when Charlie was 12 years, and this (along with his brother Sidney) spent long periods in orphanages. Charlie was left handed, like his daughter Geraldine Chaplin and grandchildren Tanya Chaplin, Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin Suso.

 

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SOME MORE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr., KBE (London, England, UK, April 16, 1889 - Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, December 25, 1977) was an actor, director, writer, producer and Oscar-winning British composer Hollywood.With nearly 90 silent films and sound has evolved into the most representative figure of silent film, which has given him his fame and consideration of one of the great geniuses of cinema history. His film abounds with classic images as well known as his own character. His children, Geraldine Chaplin Sydney Chaplin (1926-2009), is also devoted to acting.The character around which built much of his film career, and gave him worldwide fame, was the Tramp (The Tramp, English, Charlot, in Italian, French and Spain, Carlitos in Argentina and Brazil): a man with refined manners and dignity of a gentleman dressed in a close jacket, pants and shoes largest of its height, a bowler hat, a cane and a distinctive mustache. Its distinctive walk swing, a marked emotional sentimental and melancholic disenchantment against the wickedness and injustice of modern society, made him an emblem of human alienation - in particular the emerging social classes.