Did Hitler see this film?


Does anyone know?

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According to the trivia section Hitler had a copy smuggled in through Greece and watched it at least twice, it's not known what he thought or said of it though.

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I've read many times, everywhere, that he did see this film. I believe he liked it too, after all he stole the toothbrush moustache from Chaplin because he thought it will gain him public loveability

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Actually his moustache was the way it was because he cut it down to fit in his gas mask.

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If he did he probably wanted to kill Chaplin after watching it. lol..

I caught this movie the other day. I was not real impressed with it to be honest. I understand the historical significance of it, definitely a product of its time but the jokes are pretty lame. The best part of the film was Hynkel's first speech. Damn, I was rolling on the floor, very very funny. But the rest of the film was just not very funny.

I really like Nazi satire and this missed the mark in my view but it had a few good parts. Again, that first speech was the best "Hitler" satirical impression ever. So damn funny. However, I think the problem with this movie is that it didn't have enough satire and was too focused on the barber. It needed more Nazi gags and laughs.

I recently saw another Nazi satire film called JoJo Rabbit and I liked it a lot more than this. I also liked Baron Cohen's - The Dictator more than this too.

At any rate, I'll give this movie a 5.0 out of 10. Without that first speech it would be a little lower than this.

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