War, discrimination, fear and slapstick? "The Great Dictator," Charlie Chaplin’s box office smash satirizing Adolf Hitler and Nazisim is the Aug. 25 pick for Movie Night at the Museum. 

Set in the 1940s, the fictional country of Tomainia is run with an iron fist by the ruthless dictator Adenoid Hynkel (Chaplin), who is intent on eradicating all threats to his power, with the Jewish population as his newest target.  

Little does Hynkel know there is a Jew in the ghetto who looks uncannily similar to him, resisting persecution while cutting hair with style right under his nose. Will the humble barber, also played by Chaplin, be able to survive the wrath of Hynkel and his storm troopers while falling in love with fellow ghetto inhabitant Hannah (Paulette Goddard), or will tyranny prevail as the dictator engages in absurd power struggles with Benzino Napaloni, the dictator of neighboring country Bacteria, and sets his sights even higher toward world domination? 

Written and directed by Chaplin and released in 1940, "The Great Dictator" was his first feature film with sound. The film garnered Academy Award nominations for best lead actor, supporting actor, picture, score and writing.   

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m. in the Swanberg Classroom at the Northwest Montana History Museum, 124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell. Host and educator Jacob Thomas will give opening remarks.  

Admission and popcorn are free, with soda, water, beer and wine available for purchase. People may bring their own seating. 

For more information, visit nwmthistory.org or call 406-756-8381.