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From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

film "The Great Dictator" (1940) American Standard Collection The Criterion Collection Blu-ray version of the jacket

Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) surprisingly, as early as his second visit to Berlin in 1931 At that time, the sluggish economy and aggressive nationalism had made him foresee a potential crisis.

was warmly welcomed by movie fans in Berlin. One movie fan even grew a moustache like him. This man became the head of Germany two years later.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

The crew of the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940), Reginald Gardine and Charlie Chaplin (right)

Talking about what he has in common with Hitler, Charlie Chaplin often does it Amazed. Except for the beard, the height and weight are similar, and the birthdays of the two are only four days apart. At that time, film critics who were dissatisfied with Charlie Chaplin lamented that "Hitler controls the world, Charlie Chaplin created his own world, but Charlie Chaplin's world is not necessarily a democratic country."

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Stills of the documentary "The Great Dictator" (1940)

In January 2002, Charlie Chaplin’s children discovered a color documentary about "The Great Dictator" (1940) in their former residence in Switzerland. I believe the author should be Charlie Chaplin's half-brother Syd Chaplin. In the film

, there is a picture of Charlie Chaplin ranting an associate director at the shooting scene. It is said that the severity is not inferior to the expression of the dictator Hickel when he reprimanded his subordinates in the film.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

The image in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

In 1935, Hitler promulgated the first anti-Semitic law.

Charlie Chaplin, who was extremely disgusted with fascism and all other centralized systems, was deeply shocked because he had always had a strong affection for Jews for many years-he often praised Jews as geniuses and said, "I am not a Jew, but I Believe me that I have more or less Jewish blood, at least I hope I am."

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

From the left are Henry Daniell, Charlie Chaplin, and Jack Oakie in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940) In the video

, on the other hand, the Nazis also regarded pro-Jewish Charlie Chaplin as a thorn in the eye, even at the expense of fabricating facts to include Chaplin as a Jewish intellectual, calling him "a little Jewish juggler, both Boring and disgusting".

All kinds of reasons combined, Charlie Chaplin took the scene, as he once said: "I am a clown, for me, there is no better way than to laugh at these people who trample on human nature. Is it?"

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

movie "The Great Dictator" (1940) stills

In order to continue the "Shoulder Arms" (1918) that also accused the war, he put the beginning of the story on the battlefield of the First World War: Richard the soldier was injured. Many years later, he returned to the ghetto to work as a barber. He was frightened all day by the anti-Semitic policy of the dictator Hickel and was finally arrested in a concentration camp. The final climax was the misunderstanding caused by the appearance of the head of state by "Charlie the Barber".

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

After seeing Mussolini’s visit to Berlin in the news in 1937, Charlie Chaplin was inspired and immediately determinedLower the image of Hickel and Napoloni, the two great dictators.

On November 9, 1938, the Nazis ransacked more than 7,000 Jewish shops overnight, and more than 30,000 Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps. The history is called " Crystal Night ".

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin and the third party The image of his wife Paulette Goddard in the movie " The Great Dictator" (1940) was three days later, Charlie Chaplin took the script outline and went to the Copyright Administration to register for the record. On the record he wrote: "This is the story of a little fish. A shark came in the sea where it lived. After learning about the filming plan of "The Great Dictator", people kept pressure on him to stop him from continuing.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin's image in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

In addition to political pressure, "The Great Dictator" is not a small-cost production and requires a lot of capital investment, but this can't stop Charlie Chaplin's determination. He invested two million US dollars to make the film out of his own pocket.

April 21, 1939, Chaplin made a public statement in the newspaper, "I hope "The Great Dictator" can show human beings from the film itself and its inner meaning. At least some people are facing a love that deceives people, loves to speak loudly, and loves to use. The unbelievable enthusiasm of the person who hit the table with his fist. "

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie " The Great Dictator" (1940) The image

is the summer of the year, and the 300-page script is announced and ready for the 50-year-old Charlie Chaplin.

On September 1, the Germans blitzed Poland. On the 3rd, the United Kingdom declared war. Six days later, "The Great Dictator" was filmed. The first shot of

was the part of the ghetto, where Charlie Chaplin also played the role of the little barber Charlie and the dictator. Hickel.

In order not to confuse the two roles, he spent three months filming all the barber scenes before starting to shoot the dictator part.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie z9 z9 The video in "The Great Dictator" (1940)

When the dictator Hickel roared, we couldn't understand what he said. These lines were not in the script at all. When shooting, Charlie Chaplin only missed the sentence "Camera "Don't stop", and then improvised a series of madman babblings that resembled German but not German, and tried to imitate Hitler's exaggeration and excitement in voice intonation and body movements. After the shooting of

every day, he was already so tired that his face was pale.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie " The Great Dictator" (1940) in the movie

The most dramatic scene of the dancer dancing on the Christmas Eve of the film is the dictator dancing on the Christmas Eve. It took four pages to complete the filming.

waited until Hickel and Napoloni’s rivalry were over, and the shooting in the studio was over.

In February 1940, a long-range cannon appeared swaggeringly Before everyone's eyes: The gun is 30 meters long, and it is completely imitated from wood in the famous "German First Cannon" during World War I.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin and Bert Moorhouse in the movie "z12"In the video

in z "The Great Dictator" (1940), the hairdresser was invited to review the three armies and gave an impromptu speech because of his appearance resembling the head of state.

arrived in March, except for the last scene, the filming work was basically over. Over the next six months, he repeatedly worked on the ending while editing.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

movie " The Great Dictator" (1940)

In Sidney’s documentary, we can also see his original idea: after the barber’s speech, a team of Spanish soldiers was put down Then a Japanese bomber flew by, but what was dropped was a toy. The German soldiers under review jumped up the waltz , and the film came to an end.

From April to June, from the north to Denmark and the south to France, almost the entire continent of Europe has fallen into the claws of the Nazis.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the film " The Great Dictator" (1940) in the filming preparations before shooting

Charlie · Chaplin once again changed the ending, he decided to send a message to the All Humanity Barber Chaplin. During the speech, he expressed his heart, impassionedly calling for democracy and peace.

But at that time, almost everyone persuaded him to give up this idea after reading this speech. In their opinion, using this serious statement to end a comedy was a failure.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin and Henry Daniell in the movie " The Great Dictator" (1940)

, but Charlie Chaplin said that it was 2 hours long ago. If 2 hours and 3 minutes is a comedy, please forgive me for giving this comedy a realistic ending. Please let me reflect the world we live in faithfully, and let me call for a better world." The preview of

is scheduled for 9 On the 1st, but at this time the perfectionist is still not satisfied that throughout September, he retaken multiple sets of shots in the re-setup set.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

In October 1940, Charlie Chaplin at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, at the press conference for the premiere of the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

On October 15, the film was in two New York theaters The premiere received mixed reactions. While admiring the brave director and funny gimmick, reporters also criticized the film’s position and ending.

commented at the time that “The Great Dictator cannot match the artistic heights of City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), but in this era of connivance and silence on tyranny, this film The movie is definitely the most morally courageous great work."

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie " The Great Dictator" (1940)

is still a year away from the Pearl Harbor incident. I still don't think Hitler can have much to do with himself.

gave his opinion on this Charlie Chaplin: "Do we have to wait until something happens and the situation is terrible before we can laugh at Hitler? To laugh at the painful things in life, and even at death, is very Normal behavior. Laughter itself is a tonic, a laxative, it can alleviate our pain. "The Great Dictator" is not a political propaganda film, it is just a story of a small person."

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin in the movie " the Great Dictator" (1940) is very touched by those who don’t want to see Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin is very touched by the attacks. "Isolationists" who went to the United States to go to war with Germany.

was nominated for the best film, best actor, best supporting actor, best screenwriter, and best music at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941, but it ended empty-handed. As expected (Charlie Chaplin has never won any significant Oscar awards, it can be regarded as an Oscar shame).

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

movie " The Great Dictator" (1940) stills, Pauline Gold

After World War II, Charlie Chaplin did not become a sympathetic hero because of the accurate prophecy of Communism 9. The ists drove out of the United States. When the film was released in the United Kingdom in December, the film received a warm welcome. Charlie Chaplin’s declaration of freedom greatly inspired Great Britain, which was struggling to support it under German air strikes.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Charlie Chaplin and Jack Oakie in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

But in the rest of the European countries, the film was banned by the Nazis. But it is said that Hitler himself had watched "The Great Dictator" secretly, and more than once. The

film will be premiered in France until April 1945. However, it is difficult for the French who just woke up from a nightmare to treat this catastrophe with a comedy mentality.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Image from the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)-Charlie Chaplin uses a stool to visualize the rights and desires of the two people fighting over and over again. The ratio is too far." On April 28, Mussolini was executed, the same day Hitler also ended his sinful life in Berlin. The film

was re-screened in France in 1958. At this time, the French people gave it the recognition of being late, and the "Cinema Manual" did not hesitate to say good things about it, comparing it to Zola's "I Accuse". In the same year, "The Great Dictator" was screened for the first time in West Germany.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

The image of Charlie Chaplin in the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940)

"The Great Dictator" is the swan swan song of the homeless Shirelo, Charlie Chaplin brought countless laughs to the world The little man said goodbye, Charlie Chaplin could no longer laugh at this time.

As he once said in his autobiography, "If I had known that the real Nazi concentration camps were so horrible, I would never have filmed "The Great Dictator." I would never use mockery to record the Nazi madness."

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

Stills from the movie "The Great Dictator" (1940), from left: Charlie Chaplin, Pauline Gaudet, Bernard Gorce, Bernard Gorcey

Christmas 1977, Charlie Chaplin drove him west. In 1991, the fourth wife Oona O'Neal Oona O&39;Neill (1925-1991) (daughter of playwright Eugene O&39;Neill, she was only 18 when she married Chaplin, then 54 years old, Eugene O’Neill () also announced his separation from his daughter.) After his death, the sons and daughters handed over the films left by their father to the Bologna Film Archive for restoration and commissioned MK2 to re-screen and distribute them.

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

The Berlin Film Festival in 2002 first screened the latest documentary around the film "The Tramp and the Dictator" (2002), and the final closing film was directly arranged for the restoration of "The Great Dictator". World premiere. This theater is only a few meters away from the bunker where Hitler committed suicide!

From clown to prophet: he paid his own money to shoot a film accusing the war, but was eventually driven out of the United States - Lujuba

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