Any resemblance between Dictator Hynkel and Jewish Barber is coincidental

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2005)

As a kid I thought Charlie Chaplin could be very funny but now I know that he could be very sad as well and at the same time. All his films although funny on surface have melancholic undercurrents and that's what probably makes him one of the most influential filmmakers of our times.
When this movie came out, some felt that it was badly done and some felt that it was in bad taste but over the years it has acquired the status of a great classic and a great satire. It seems Hitler, who sported Chaplin mustache in his efforts to be loved and admired like Chaplin, watched this movie twice and Chaplin later admitted "I would give anything to find out what he thought about the movie". We can only guess and wouldn't be very wrong in thinking he must have hated it and would have thrown Chaplin in one of his concentration camps if only he could lay his hands on him somehow.
Hynkel with that globe balloon is hilarious and the last speech by the Jewish Barber brings tears.