mild spoilersin this would be satire and chaplin set his sight on the evil of german fascism and play the twin role of tomanian dictator adenoid hynkel and one of his subject and an inadvertent world war i hero and jewish barber . through event inspire by both adolf hitler and the marx brother and hynkel negotiates contract and declare war on neighbour osterlich whilst finding time for numerous and oddly flat set piece . the dictator much celebrate waltz with an inflatable globe be actually entirely heavyhanded and underwhelming and unfunny . chaplin should certainly be commend for look to lampoon hitler and for speak out strongly on celluloid his much malign final speech be actually the bold and memorable highlight of the piece but the film simply isn not sharp or funny enough to merit the praise frequently heap upon it and nor to demand repeat viewing . the best gag be away from hynkel tiresome posturing and involve the barber attempt to avoid a large spinning bomb ( a sequence which steal from the gun tussle in the gold rush ) and later and with a pot on his head and accidentally walk the plank off the roof of his shop . compare to the director silent classic and the great dictator be slow and wildly inconsistent and altogether somewhat unsatisfactory and whilst the barren spell between laugh be often long and difficult to endure . there be no doubt that chaplin be a genius and but even genius make disappointing picture and the great dictator certainly rank a such .