Charlie Chaplin he later wrote, "for Hitler must be laughed at." Chaplin replaced the Tramp (while wearing similar attire) with "A Jewish Barber", a reference to the Nazi party's belief that he was Jewish. In a dual performance, he also played the dictator "Adenoid Hynkel", who parodied Hitler. "The Great Dictator" spent a year in production and was released in October 1940. The film generated a vast amount of publicity, with a critic for "The New York Times" calling it "the most eagerly awaited picture of the year", and it was one of the biggest money-makers of the era. The ending was
Unknown Chaplin actress during filming. A compilation of alternate takes illustrates how Chaplin slowly developed the story line of "The Immigrant". The film was narrated by James Mason, and original music was scored and conducted by Carl Davis. PBS distributed the series in the United States in 1986 as part of the series "American Masters". In the 2005 DVD release of the series, Brownlow relates some of "Unknown Chaplin"'s backstory. In 2010, Brownlow published a book on the making of the documentary titled "The Search for Charlie Chaplin". Unknown Chaplin Unknown Chaplin is an acclaimed three-part 1983 British documentary series about the