The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator (1940)

Released: 1940-10-15 Duration: 2hr 5min
Genres: Comedy War
Rating 8.3
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.

Production Companies

Charles Chaplin Productions

Additional Info

Budget $2,000,000.00
Revenue $11,000,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 20.736

Directed By

Charlie Chaplin

Crew

Director
Charlie Chaplin
Producer
Charlie Chaplin
Director of Photography
Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Roland Totheroh
Editor
Willard Nico
Art Direction
J. Russell Spencer
Set Decoration
Edward G. Boyle
Makeup Artist
Ed Voight
Sound Designer
Glenn Rominger
Sound Designer
Percy Townsend
Original Music Composer
Meredith Willson
Original Music Composer
Charlie Chaplin
Second Unit
Wheeler Dryden
Special Effects
Ralph Hammeras
Visual Effects
Jack Cosgrove
Stunts
Buster Wiles
Associate Producer
Carter DeHaven
Assistant Director
Wheeler Dryden
Costume Supervisor
Ted Tetrick
Orchestrator
Carmen Dragon
Orchestrator
Max Terr
Production Manager
Alfred Reeves
Construction Foreman
William Bogdanoff
Electrician
Frank Testera
Production Secretary
Kathleen Pryor

TOP CAST

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner
Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle
Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

Maurice Moscovitch
Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey
Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel
Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

Esther Michelson
Esther Michelson

Jewish Woman

Hank Mann
Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright
Florence Wright

Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon
Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders
Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn
Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike
Nita Pike

Secretary

George Lynn
George Lynn

Commander of Storm Troopers

Wheeler Dryden
Wheeler Dryden

Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Fred Aldrich
Fred Aldrich

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander
Richard Alexander

Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno
Sig Arno

Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold
William Arnold

Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux

Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson
John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson
Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis
Lew Davis

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Sam Harris

Officer (uncredited)

Eddie Hart
Eddie Hart

Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson
Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving
William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Charles Irwin
Charles Irwin

Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Torben Meyer
Torben Meyer

Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse

Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols
Nellie V. Nichols

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París
Manuel París

Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Jack Perrin
Jack Perrin

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lucien Prival
Lucien Prival

Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Cyril Ring

Officer Extra (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore
Henry Roquemore

Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford
Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Hans Schumm
Hans Schumm

Soldier (uncredited)

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