The Great DictatorHamza Hanif

Summary of the filmA Jewish barber (Played by Charlie Chaplin) saves the life of a wounded pilot, Schultz, but loses his memory through a concussion while saving Schultz.Twenty years later, the barber regains his memory and escapes from his care home to return to his neighbourhood , which is now controlled by soldiers which are reporting to Schultz, who has been promoted during Tomainian regime under the ruthless dictator Adenoid Hynkel who looks identical to the barber. (Also played by Charlie Chaplin).

“Speech To Humanity”Skip to 0:52 Finish at 4:28

Camera Shots▪ One of the shots In the clip is when

he he’s looking down, as if he’s disappointed, it also shows he’s trying to build on his confidence because at the start of that scene he says “ he can’t” which is unusable because barbers are generally chatty because they meet different types of people everyday.

▪ Another shot is when Hannah (slave laborer) gets up and looks towards the sky and he addresses her and gives her hope in the speech while she listens through the radio.

Why this scene?He speaks of freedom from dictators, the goodness in humanity, and a world unity under democracy, which is the exact opposite of what Hitler said during his speeches . As the speech progresses, he becomes more emotionally involved and passionate about what he is saying. His voice rises, he begins gesticulating wildly to show his true passion for what he is saying and to show it’s not just a speech it’s something he believes in with a passion. Everything Chaplin is saying becomes more and more relatable because of his delivery, It makes the viewer think about the era they’re in and how somethings still haven’t changed after all that’s happened, it makes the viewer question a lot of things even though . “men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men!” – in this you can see Chaplin was aiming this at Hitler because Hitler was controlling and manipulative and wasn’t compassionate and didn’t care for different types of people whether they were rich or poor he didn’t care as long as they weren’t Jewish or were the Aryan stereotype.Why this scene? because he stood up to one of the most cruel, manipulative and uncompassionate people of his time and he had the guts to do it and he didn’t care about himself he considered everyone who was effected by Hitler's regime.