The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)

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Cast & Crew.

Charlie Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber / Director / Producer / Original Music Composer / Writer

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 / Associate Producer

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) / Second Unit / Assistant Director

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)

Karl Struss
Director of Photography

Roland Totheroh
Director of Photography

Willard Nico
Editor

J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction

Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration

Ed Voight
Makeup Artist

Glenn Rominger
Sound Designer

Percy Townsend
Sound Designer

Meredith Willson
Original Music Composer

Ralph Hammeras
Special Effects

Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects

Buster Wiles
Stunts

Ted Tetrick
Costume Supervisor

Carmen Dragon
Orchestrator

Max Terr
Orchestrator

Alfred Reeves
Production Manager

William Bogdanoff
Construction Foreman

Frank Testera
Electrician

Kathleen Pryor
Production Secretary
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Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$11,000,000
Filming LocationsMalibu · California · Los Angeles, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film.
Chaplin's film advanced a stirring condemnation of the German and Italian dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, as well as fascism, antisemitism, and Nazism. At the time of its first release, the United States was still at peace with Nazi Germany and neutral during what were the early days of World War II. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber.
The Great Dictator was popular with audiences, becoming Chaplin's most commercially successful film. Modern critics have praised it as a historically significant film, one of the greatest comedy films ever made and an important work of satire. In 1997, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Great Dictator was nominated for five Academy Awards – Outstanding Production, Best Actor, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), Best Supporting Actor for Jack Oakie, and Best Music (Original Score).
In his 1964 autobiography, Chaplin stated that he could not have made the film if he had known about the true extent of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at that time.
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