The Great Dictator
Once again - the whole world laughs!
Genres
Overview
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Details
Budget
$2000000
Revenue
$11000000
Runtime
125 min
Release Date
1940-10-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3477
Vote Average
8.297
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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