The Great Dictator

Record ID: 122342
  • Title: The Great Dictator
  • Date: 8th December 1992
  • Summary: LINAL HAFT LOOKS AT HOW THE LOATHSOME FIGURE OF ADOLF HITLER HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED AS A CHARACTER FROM EVIL TO FARCICAL. THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES EXCERPTS OF NAZI PROPAGANDA FROM THE '30S, DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA, STRIP CARTOONS AND TV COMEDY, WITH EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE WORK OF MEL BROOKS, JOHN CLEESE, ALEC GUINNESS, BENNY HILL, FREDDIE STARR AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
  • Description:Having demonised The Great Dictator we now seem intent on turning him into a comic figure. Why?
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Big Star In A Wee Picture Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:08/12/1992
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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