Movie
The Great Dictator
Overview
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Details
- Release date
- 1940-10-15
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
- Paulette Goddard as Hannah
- Jack Oakie as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
- Reginald Gardiner as Commander Schultz
- Henry Daniell as Garbitsch
- Billy Gilbert as Field Marshal Herring
- Grace Hayle as Madame Napaloni
- Carter DeHaven as Spook
- Maurice Moscovitch as Mr. Jaeckel
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Jaeckel
- Bernard Gorcey as Mr. Mann
- Paul Weigel as Mr. Agar
Crew
- Charlie Chaplin - Director
- Charlie Chaplin - Screenplay
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