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The Great Dictator(1940)8.3
The Great Dictator1940-10-15
•Comedy, War
•125 minutes
Once again - the whole world laughs!
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
Reviews1
A review by wizzardss
8.0
Written by wizzardss on 5 / Feb / 2021
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 H...
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Status
Released
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
Original Language
English
Production Companies
- Charles Chaplin Productions - US
Production Countries
- United States of America
Keywords
amnesia
nazi
hairdresser
propaganda
world war i
dictator
jewish ghetto
fascism
world war ii
national socialism
national socialist party
satire
speech
black and white
barbershop
anti war
fictitious country