Charlie Chaplin portraying Adenoid Hynkel in the film 'The Great Dictator' mb-height 1912 William Pitt the Younger sits

William Pitt the Younger sits alone on the Treasury bench

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Rosamond's Pond

A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt

Charlie Chaplin portraying Adenoid Hynkel in the film 'The Great Dictator' mb-height 1912 William Pitt the Younger sitsCharlie Chaplin portraying Adenoid Hynkel in the film 'The Great Dictator', 1940. The film was Chaplin's (1889 1977) first talking picture. As well as directing and producing the film, Chaplin played a dual role in it, one of his characters being Hynkel, a parody of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It was the only film of the period to satirise Hitler and Nazism. 'The Great Dictator' was nominated for five Oscars, but did not win any.