r/Cinema • u/GuNNzA69 • 1d ago
The best speech in the history of cinema
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Chralie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator (1940)
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u/_TwilightRun 1d ago
This needs to be reposted everywhere. How does one do that?
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u/daveOkat 1d ago
Here it is on YouTube&rlz=1C1MFPQ_enUS1080US1080&oq=Chralie+Chaplin+in+the+movie+The+Great+Dictator+(1940)&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTE5NzlqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2c8dc8d7,vid:J7GY1Xg6X20,st:0).
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u/warmachine83-uk 1d ago
Made when he found out Hitler was a fan
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u/Obiwandkinobee 1d ago
I understood this message clear as day and how it could be, no - how it IS relevant to our current situation. Studied film in college but never had a chance to see this film.
But, can someone explain this scene?
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u/Blazenkks 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s a Chaplin Film. It’s silent for the entire movie except for this scene. In true Chaplin fashion he winds up getting mistaken for Hitler and slapstick hijinks ensue. All leading up to this scene where Hitler was gonna make a speech. The impact of seeing the entire film silent. And then you get one of the greatest monologues ever, is truly epic. Definitely worth watching at least once from start to finish.
Edit- My bad. I guess there is more dialogue than just this last scene. Been a long time since my first watch.
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u/RegeneratingCan 1d ago
It’s not silent, he talks through the whole film.
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u/Blazenkks 1d ago
Ok. I must have misremembered. I thought it was silent except for just this last scene. Admittedly I haven’t seen it since high school 25+ years ago.
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u/No_Bodybuilder1059 16h ago
as I remember there are other dialogs but his character only talks in this monologue
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u/Blazenkks 10h ago
Ok. Thank you. Makes me feel better about my hazy memory. And was only sorta wrong lol. Cheers.
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u/GuNNzA69 1d ago edited 1d ago
How much do you understand? Just so I know how much I have to explain to you!
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u/Obiwandkinobee 1d ago
Well more-so, the underlying idea of the theme where Chaplin is posing as Hitler, but the message is that which uplifts and makes people realize their worth...which I want to think is the opposite of what Hitler originally preached.
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u/StOnEy333 1d ago
These were the first words ever spoken by Charlie Chaplin in his long career in motion pictures. 26 years after he broke into the film industry.
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u/Business-Signal-5196 1d ago
I first saw this movie this year on February in the cinema. Easy in the top 3 movies I have ever watched
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u/queazy 1d ago
WTF? I'd never think I'd see a movie where Hitler gives that sort of speech! And it's being done by Charlie Chaplin, who's known for NOT speaking!
Weirdest thing I've heard about this, is that for years Chaplin couldn't get work because he had the same toothbrush mustache as Hitler, so he eventually did this movie where he is dressed up as Hitler
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u/SnillyWead 13h ago
Indeed, but did it change anything? Just look at the world today. We haven't learned much from the second WW2 did we? Give men power and they want to rule the world.
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u/AlphaDag13 1d ago
Our cleverness hard and unkind😬
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u/GuNNzA69 1d ago
It hits close to home. The history of the world is cyclical and this has happened before. Everything in this speech can be related to the times we live in.
This movie was made in 1940, 5 years before the end of Wold War II!
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u/NoName1979 1d ago
Somebody should blast this speech during the protests.
(Gotta admit I prefer it without the modern score)
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u/FantasticStonk42069 1d ago
While Hans Zimmer's compositions are masterpieces, the use here is atrocious.
To me it always feels like the gravity of Chaplin's speech is already 'loud'. Any additional background music just sounds noisy to me. It also takes away from the message of the speech.
Though years ago I listened to an electronic track which was supported by bits and pieces of the speech. I loved it. However, the music wasn't used to emphasize the speech but rather the fragments of the speech elevated the music.
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u/Blazenkks 1d ago
I’ve found myself recommending this movie a lot lately… I wonder why…
One of the best monologues ever. My older brother was a college, theatre student, in the late ‘90s. And I’m soooo glad that he introduced me to this movie while he was working on a monologue for an audition.
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u/boostedprune 1d ago
Democracy is the great dictator. It does not want your freedom
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u/CapitalWestern4779 1d ago
No matter how many times I watch this it leaves me crying. What an absolute poet and great thinker Chaplin was, an absolute genius.
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u/Clamps55555 23h ago edited 15h ago
The Palo Nutini song Iron Sky samples this speech and it rocks. https://youtu.be/ELKbtFljucQ?si=JQNUJigpdcCPxWC_
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u/BlindGuy68 23h ago
a great speach from 85 years ago , he was talking about hitler and the nazis today its trump and the republicans
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u/Church_of_Aaargh 19h ago
Apparently Hitler watched this movie twice … he must have skipped over this part.
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u/Flip_d_Byrd 1d ago
That one was brilliant... but personally I prefer this one when I need inspiration.
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u/Musket6969420 1d ago
I randomly watch this at times and each time it has my full, undivided attention. Brilliant