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The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

United States of America

  • 1940-10-15(US)
  • ▪
    Comedy,
    War
  • ▪ 2h-5m
83%
User
Score
Once again - the whole world laughs!

Overview

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Top Billed Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard

Hannah

Jack Oakie

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

Spook

Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

Esther Michelson

Jewish Woman

Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright

Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike

Secretary

George Lynn

Commander of Storm Troopers

Wheeler Dryden

Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Fred Aldrich

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno

Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold

Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Officer (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París

Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lucien Prival

Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Officer Extra (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Carl Voss

Officer (uncredited)

Leo White

Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro

Aggie (uncredited)

Leonard Walker

Conductor (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

Soldier (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie Evans

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Soldier (uncredited)

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A review by wizzardss

8.0
Written by wizzardss on 2021-06-23

In September 1939, six days after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, Charlie Chaplin began filming his next feature. Drawing on the public perception of the similarities between himself and Adolf Hitler - not just his toothbrush moustache but also their upbringings - Chaplin sought to directly parody and attack the ...

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  • Original Language
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  • Budget
    $2000000.00
  • Revenue
    $11000000.00

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