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"The Great Dictator" 275
He is shown reading the letter in prison. Through doubleexposure his thoughts are registered.
A banquet in Hynkel's palace. Hynkel announces the march on Austerlich. As Herring weeps with adoration Hynkel rewards him with another medal, but has difficulty finding a place to pin it. As they are toasting each other a telephone call announces that Napaloni has 60,000 men on the Austerlich border.
In a rage Hynkel rips the medals, one by one, off the protesting Herring, rips the buttons off, tears the coat, snaps his suspenders, and slaps his face. Then Hynkel signs a declaration of war, muttering, "Napaloni! — The grosse peanut — the cheesie ravioli." A telephone call from Napaloni. Garbitsch answers. At Hynkel's instructions Garbitsch invites Napaloni to a conference in Tomania. A show of strength is expected to convince Napaloni not to interfere with the invasion of Austerlich. The declaration of war is torn up. "Peace is declared!"
The reception at the station. Hynkel salutes — and scratches under his arm. A carpet is unrolled, but the jolting train keeps missing it. "Hey! whatsa alia disa mixup?" The carpet must be placed before Benzino Napaloni, dictator of Bacteria, will condescend to alight. Finally ("You gottama carpet. Well putama down!") the carpet and the train manage to come together. Napaloni exits with his jaw protruding.
Alternate saluting complicates the ceremonial handshakes. Then the rival dictators shoulder each other out of focus as the frantic news cameramen follow them.
The two dictators appear together before a great crowd. Napaloni sneers at a clock tower adorned with a statue of Hynkel saluting: "Two minutesa slow." But as kisses are blown at him, he observes, "Verra nize pipple."
In the throne room, Garbitsch explains to Hynkel how to make Napaloni feel inferior by "applied psychology." Napaloni is to be seated on a low chair from