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Released
2013 · FILM

Great

Directed by
Runtime
23 min
DramaWarComedy
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

There is no verified historical evidence that Nazi officials saw Charlie Chaplin's *The Great Dictator* (1940) during World War II. The film, a satirical comedy parodying Adolf Hitler and fascism, was released in the United States and quickly became controversial due to its political content. While it was widely distributed in Allied nations, there is no confirmed record of its screening or reception within Nazi-occupied territories. In Yugoslavia during 1942, Nikola Radosevic, a young Serbian projectionist, became involved in the resistance against German occupation, using his position to sabotage Nazi propaganda films and support the Partisan movement. His actions are part of a broader and lesser-known story of Yugoslav resistance during the war.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Andreas HennShot by Alexander Von WasielewskiScored by Sandy LopicicDesigned by Sophia Schneider

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