According to The Tramp and the Dictator, Chaplin arranged to send the film to Hitler, and one eyewitness confirmed he saw it. Branagh, Kenneth (narrator) (2002). Chaplin and Hitler: The Tramp and the Dictator (television). BBC. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

Hitler's friend Albert Speer denied that the leader had ever seen it. "Charlie Chaplins Hitler-Parodie: Führer befiehl, wir lachen!" [Charlie Chaplin's Hitler parody: Fiihrer commands, we laugh!] (in German). May 19, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

Hitler's response to the film is not recorded fo posterity. But another account tells that he viewed the film twice. Wallace, Irving; Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Amy; Wallace, Sylvia (February 1980). The Book of Lists 2. William Morrow. p. 200. ISBN 9780688035747.