The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator (1940)

Once again - the whole world laughs!

Comedy War

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

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  • Release Date: 1940-10-15
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Director: Charlie Chaplin

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    • Trailer

    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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