and assaults the Jews with his storm troopers. He has Schultz apprehended and has his storm troopers hound the Jewish Barber. Hynkel is later jailed by his own soldiers in the woods near the border, who mistake him for the Jewish Barber. Jack Oakie as Benzino Napaloni, the Diggaditchie of Germs (a parody of Benito Mussolini, Il Duce of Italy and a referral to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte).
He has his troops avoid assaulting Jews, but is apprehended by Hynkel, after which he becomes a loyal ally to the Barber. He later leads the invasion of Osterlich and helps the Barber pretend to be Adenoid Hynkel in his (effective) attempt at saving Osterlich. Henry Daniell as Garbitsch, a parody of Joseph Goebbels, and Hynkel's loyal and stoic Secretary of the Interior and Minister of Propaganda.
He monitors demonstrations of freshly developed weapons, which tend to stop working and irritate Hynkel. Grace Hayle as Madame Napaloni, the partner of Benzino who later on dances with Hynkel. In Italy, scenes involving her were all cut in respect to Benito Mussolini's widow Rachele till 2002. Carter De, Sanctuary as Spook, the Bacterian ambassador.
Davis, Eddie Dunn, Nita Pike and Peter Lynn. Production [edit] According to Jrgen Trimborn's biography of Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, both Chaplin and French filmmaker Ren Clair viewed Riefenstahl's together at a showing at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Filmmaker Luis Buuel reports that Clair was frightened by the power of the movie, weeping out that this should never ever be revealed or the West was lost.
He used it to motivate numerous aspects of The Excellent Totalitarian, and by consistently seeing this movie, Chaplin could closely imitate Hitler's quirks. Trimborn suggests that Chaplin chose to proceed with making The Great Totalitarian after viewing Riefenstahl's movie. Hynkel's rally speech near the beginning of the film, delivered in German-sounding mumbo jumbo, is a caricature of Hitler's oratory design, which Chaplin likewise studied carefully in newsreels.
The movie was shot mainly at the Charlie Chaplin Studios and other locations around Los Angeles. The fancy World War I scenes were recorded in Laurel Canyon. Chaplin and Meredith Willson made up the music. Shooting began in September 1939 (coincidentally right after Germany attacked Poland, setting off World War II) and finished 6 months later.