The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator (1940)

U/A 13+ 15/10/1940

Comedy, War

2 hr 5 min

83%

Status : Released
Budget : $2,000,000
Revenue :$11,000,000

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.

Status : Released
Budget : $2,000,000
Revenue :$11,000,000

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

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

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)

Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (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)

Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Leo White

Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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Crew Members

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

Charlie Chaplin

Original Music Composer

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Karl Struss

Director of Photography

Wheeler Dryden

Second Unit

Carter DeHaven

Associate Producer

Wheeler Dryden

Assistant Director

Charlie Chaplin

Writer

Media

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Posters

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