Charlie Chaplin's Hitler parody was banned in Germany, Italy, Spain, and all Axis-occupied territories during World War II. Chaplin later said he could not have made the film had he known the full extent of the Holocaust, but its audacious mockery of fascism remains a landmark of artistic courage.
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