”The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-steped us into misery and bloodshed.

We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.

Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.

Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

After two years of filming the script he put together in 1938, The Great Dictator premiered in October of 1940. It was British comedian Charlie Chaplin’s first speaking role. At the time of its release, the United States – where Chaplin lived – was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany and neutral during what were the early days of World War II. Chaplin's film helped build a strong condemnation of the German and Italian dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, as well as fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis.

In his 1964 autobiography, Chaplin stated that he could not have made the film if he had known about the true extent of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at that time.

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