the great dictator be and arguably and one of charlie chaplin most widely know film . it be notorious for it blatant satire of adolf hitler and nazism . until watch it and i only knew of it fame . now i know how much the film deserve it . the film basically show the exploit of the somewhat clumsy and ambitious and short fuse and impressive dictator of tomania and adenoid hynkel while and with him and his near and dear staff represent field marshall herring and herr garbitsch . also and it entail the exploit of an amnesiac and emotional and often clumsy jewish barber and a veteran of the first world war . stop with the plot and i would like to say that this film have various quality that make it both unique and wonderful . while the comedy be decidedly both verbal and slapstick and incidental and the entirety of the film show how serious it take nazism or aggressive nationalism a a theme with various interlude . chaplin impeccable act skill range far and wide in the film and he keep rev it up and up until he simply explode . paulette goddard position a an ambitious jewish would be revolter and henry daniell delivery of a nasal and calm a death serious a a heart attack line make for wonderful viewing . far and one aspect of the film be what make it so special represent it pull no punch . it isn not covert and it have no business be covert . it be an overt and blatant and in your face and obvious lampooning of both hitler and nazism . to sum up briefly and watch it . just watch it and you will see it .