Film Roar

i truly recommend people to see this film. i think its hilarious and the speech gave in the end was really moving. Because it came from the heart which you can see by the tone that he gives the speech by. chaplin potrayed himself as hitler very well, and he did something that a lot of actors cant do today, is to play two charaters in one film. Which is a great achivment. I truly recommend people to see it, it's worth it.

The speech made by chaplin at the end if the movie
is one of the best and meaningful speeches i have ever heard.
It holds good for all the times.
I request you to publish the text form of the speech in your web site.

I remember hearing about him being Jewish in the biographical movie (which is one of my favorites and highly recommended), and I assumed it was true, being based on the biography that Chaplin himself wrote- of course they purposely dramatize certain things in the movies, and this one is no exception, but still...Anyway, I located an essay online that states Charlie's half-brother, Sidney, was Jewish, and therefore it was incorrectly assumed that Charlie was as well. I guess it's just a little factoid to be speculated. But it would be quite ironic if it were true.

You know, I also had it in mind that Chaplin was Jewish. I was surprised to learn he was not... I wonder how I got that idea. As for the mustache, according to the IMDB:

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio

"Adolf Hitler was a big fan of Chaplin, so big in fact that he grew his mustache like Chaplin's character "The Little Tramp." Before that, Hitler's moustache was a 1880's type handlebar."

I searched online and I found that many people are actually debating his "religious background", but it would seem he isn't. My bad. :) Personal note to self: Don't believe everything you read...

btw, Hitler is said to have taken his mustache from the earlier Chaplin films, not this one. His mustache was established by then. Also, I don't believe Chaplin was a Jew. He just played one in this film. I think he was English.

Given the historical context of the film I think you have to at least respect it. It was came out in '40, was made prior to that, and dared to really go after Hitler. And he was doing it at a time before anyone really knew the extent to which Hitler was truly a maniac. On top of that you have an interesting theme with Chaplin playing both a Jew and Hitler (Hynkel). There are some great scenes, even if a lot of it is bogged down.

I heard that Hitler took his signature 'stache from this film. He was said to be a huge fan of Chaplin. And Chaplin was Jewish- how ironic can you get?