The Great Dictator

Release Date:

Oct 15, 1940

MPAA Rating:

G

Running Time:

2:08

Genre:

Comedy

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Cast:

Charles Chaplin	Adenoid Hynkel/A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard	Hannah
Jack Oakie	Napaloni
Reginald Gardiner	Schultz
Henry Daniell	Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert	Field Marshall Herring
Maurice Moscovich	Mr. Jaeckel
Emma Dunn	Mrs. Jaeckel
Grace Hayle	Madame Napaloni
Carter De Haven	Spook (Bacterian ambassador)
Bernard Gorcey	Mr. Mann
Paul Weigel	Mr. Agar

Producers:

Charles Chaplin

Writers:

Charles Chaplin

Language:

English

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After dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel (also Chaplin) and his anti-Semitic policies. When the barber, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Hynkel, returns to his quiet neighborhood, he is stunned by the brutal changes and recklessly joins a beautiful girl and her neighbors in rebelling.

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