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The Great Dictator( 1940)

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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

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      Charlie Chaplin

      Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

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      Paulette Goddard

      Hannah

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      Jack Oakie

      Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

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      Reginald Gardiner

      Commander Schultz

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      Henry Daniell

      Garbitsch

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      Billy Gilbert

      Field Marshal Herring

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      Grace Hayle

      Madame Napaloni

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      Carter DeHaven

      Spook

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      Maurice Moscovitch

      Mr. Jaeckel

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      Emma Dunn

      Mrs. Jaeckel

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      Bernard Gorcey

      Mr. Mann

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      Paul Weigel

      Mr. Agar

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      Chester Conklin

      Barber's Customer

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      Esther Michelson

      Jewish Woman

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      Hank Mann

      Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

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      Florence Wright

      Blonde Secretary

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      Eddie Gribbon

      Tomanian Storm Trooper

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      Rudolph Anders

      Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

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      Eddie Dunn

      Whitewashed Storm Trooper

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      Nita Pike

      Secretary

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      George Lynn

      Commander of Storm Troopers

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      Wheeler Dryden

      Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

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      Fred Aldrich

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Richard Alexander

      Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

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      Sig Arno

      Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

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      William Arnold

      Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

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      Joe Bordeaux

      Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

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      Don Brodie

      Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

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      Gino Corrado

      Sculptor (uncredited)

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      John Davidson

      Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

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      Max Davidson

      Jewish Man (uncredited)

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      Lew Davis

      Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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      Pat Flaherty

      Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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      Bud Geary

      Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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      Sam Harris

      Officer (uncredited)

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      Eddie Hart

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Leyland Hodgson

      Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

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      William Irving

      Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

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      Charles Irwin

      Banquet Butler (uncredited)

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      Ethelreda Leopold

      Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

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      Torben Meyer

      Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

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      Nellie V. Nichols

      Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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      Manuel París

      Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

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      Jack Perrin

      Jewish Man (uncredited)

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      Lucien Prival

      Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

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      Cyril Ring

      Officer Extra (uncredited)

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      Henry Roquemore

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Tiny Sandford

      Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

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      Hans Schumm

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Harry Semels

      Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

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      Charles Sullivan

      Prison Guard (uncredited)

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      Carl Voss

      Officer (uncredited)

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      Leo White

      Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

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      Harry Wilson

      Soldier in Field (uncredited)

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      Hans Conried

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Francis Ernest Drake

      Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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      Francesca Santoro

      Aggie (uncredited)

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      Leonard Walker

      Conductor (uncredited)

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      Finn Zirzow

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Wyn Ritchie Evans

      Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

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      James Carlisle

      Ball Guest (uncredited)

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      Oliver Cross

      Ball Guest (uncredited)

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      Herschel Graham

      Soldier (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by wizzardss

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    Written by wizzardss on Thu Feb 18 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 Hitler - not just his toothbrush moustache but also their upbringings - Chaplin sought to directly parody and attack the German führer and fascism. In _The Great Dictator_, Adenoid Hynkel (Chaplin) rules Tomania and sets about his conquest of the world. In doing so, he persecutes Jewish people, including a former veteran of World War I who is now a barber (also Chaplin). Unsurprisingly, the fi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2000000.00

    Revenue

    11000000.00

    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