When Chaplin and Hitler look at each other, what do they see? The Nazis hate Chaplin....
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Narrator: When Chaplin and Hitler look at each other, what do they see? The Nazis hate Chaplin. They label him a Jew and use him in their anti-Semitic propaganda... Neither can escape comparisons with the other. And so, as Hitler celebrates his 50th birthday with a military parade through Berlin, Chaplin is working on a script for his latest film. He begins filming the week Britain declares war on Germany. In it, Chaplin collapses the distinctions between himself and Hitler, as the Dictator, Adenoid Hynkel
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But when Chaplin and Hitler look at each other
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what do they see
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The Nazis hate Chaplin
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They label him a Jew
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and use him in their antisemitic propaganda
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man speaking in foreign language
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crowd shouting
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Narrator Neither can escape comparisons with the other
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And so as Hitler celebrates his 50th birthday
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with a military parade through Berlin
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Chaplin is working on a script for his latest film
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dramatic music
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He begins filming the week Britain declares war on Germany
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In it Chaplin collapses the distinctions
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between himself and Hitler
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as the dictator Adenoid Hynkel
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Movie Summary
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
