The Great Dictator (1940)

2h 5min | Comedy | Oct 23, 1940 | Released

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Producer: Charlie Chaplin

Writer(s):

Story:

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Cast (59 Members)

Lucien Prival

Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Torben Meyer

Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin

Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Spook

Hannah

Benzini Napaloni

Commander Schultz

Madame Napaloni

Mr. Jaeckel

Mrs. Jaeckel

Mr. Mann

Mr. Agar

Undetermined Role

Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

Richard Alexander

Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

George Lynn

Commander of Storm Troopers

Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Officer Extra (uncredited)

Sig Arno

Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Soldier (uncredited)

William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Charles Irwin

Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Hans Schumm

Soldier (uncredited)

Esther Michelson

Jewish Woman

Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

Nita Pike

Secretary

Fred Aldrich

Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Wheeler Dryden

Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Harry Wilson

Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Policeman (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Officer (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

William Arnold

Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París

Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Blonde Secretary

Officer (uncredited)

Aggie (uncredited)

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Leonard Walker

Conductor (uncredited)

Lucien Prival Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert Field Marshal Herring

Gino Corrado Sculptor (uncredited)

Henry Daniell Garbitsch

Torben Meyer Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Hank Mann Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Carter DeHaven Spook

Paulette Goddard Hannah

Jack Oakie Benzini Napaloni

Reginald Gardiner Commander Schultz

Grace Hayle Madame Napaloni

Maurice Moscovitch Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel Mr. Agar

Hans Conried Undetermined Role

Leo White Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Chester Conklin Barber's Customer

Richard Alexander Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

George Lynn Commander of Storm Troopers

Bud Geary Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Cyril Ring Officer Extra (uncredited)

Sig Arno Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

Don Brodie Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore Soldier (uncredited)

William Irving Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Harry Semels Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

John Davidson Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan Prison Guard (uncredited)

Rudolph Anders Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Charles Irwin Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Hans Schumm Soldier (uncredited)

Esther Michelson Jewish Woman

Max Davidson Jewish Man (uncredited)

Eddie Gribbon Tomanian Storm Trooper

Nita Pike Secretary

Fred Aldrich Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Perrin Jewish Man (uncredited)

Wheeler Dryden Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Harry Wilson Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Eddie Hart Policeman (uncredited)

Lew Davis Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Sam Harris Officer (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

William Arnold Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Florence Wright Blonde Secretary

Carl Voss Officer (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro Aggie (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Leonard Walker Conductor (uncredited)

Crew (19 Members)

Jack Cosgrove

Visual Effects

Edward G. Boyle

Set Decoration

Karl Struss

Director of Photography

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Carter DeHaven

Associate Producer

Roland Totheroh

Director of Photography

Editor

Art Direction

Makeup Artist

Sound Designer

Sound Designer

Orchestrator

Orchestrator

Original Music Composer

Assistant Director

Stunts

Costume Supervisor

Special Effects

Co-Producer

Jack Cosgrove Visual Effects

Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration

Karl Struss Director of Photography

Charlie Chaplin Director

Carter DeHaven Associate Producer

Roland Totheroh Director of Photography

Willard Nico Editor

J. Russell Spencer Art Direction

Ed Voight Makeup Artist

Glenn Rominger Sound Designer

Percy Townsend Sound Designer

Carmen Dragon Orchestrator

Max Terr Orchestrator

Meredith Willson Original Music Composer

Wheeler Dryden Assistant Director

Buster Wiles Stunts

Ted Tetrick Costume Supervisor

Ralph Hammeras Special Effects

Henri Beyster Co-Producer

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The Great Dictator (1940)

2h 5min | Comedy | Oct 23, 1940 | Released

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