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On this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany). (files.mastodon.social)

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The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Fun fact: Chaplin had to finance the film himself, because nobody in the US film industry wanted to fund it in order to not anger the Nazis and potentially lose the lucrative German market.