Movie 'The Great Dictator'
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Once again - the whole world laughs!
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
English
- a.k.a. Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator
English
- a.k.a. Le dictateur
German (Deutsch)
- a.k.a. Der große Diktator
Anton Hynkel ist Der Große Diktator von Tomanien. Gnadenlos und brutal unterdrückt er Juden und strebt nach immer mehr Macht. Doch er weiß nichts von seinem Doppelgänger. Ein jüdischer Friseur, der nach einem Flugzeugabsturz im ersten Weltkrieg sein Gedächtnis verloren hat, gleicht ihm bis ins kleinste Detail. Der Friseur ahnt nichts von der Judenverfolgung, weil er von dem Kommandeur Schultz dem er einst das Leben rettete, beschützt wird. Gemeinsam und mit dem Glück auf ihrer Seite sagen der Kommandeur und der Friseur dem Diktator den Kampf an.
French (Français)
Dans le ghetto juif vit un petit barbier qui ressemble énormément à Adenoid Hynkel, le dictateur de Tomania qui a décidé l'extermination du peuple juif. Au cours d'une rafle, le barbier est arrêté en compagnie de Schultz, un farouche adversaire d'Hynkel…
Italian (Italiano)
In Tomania il dittatore Adenoid Hynkel scatena la repressione contro gli ebrei. La bella Hannah e il suo innamorato, un barbiere straordinariamente somigliante a Hynkel, fuggono. Il barbiere, dapprima catturato, scappa dal lager e si imbatte per caso nel vero dittatore che viene arrestato in vece sua. Dai microfoni del führer il barbiere pronuncia al mondo un lungo messaggio di pace e speranza. Primo film interamente parlato di Chaplin, è una geniale satira antinazista realizzata quando le armate del Terzo Reich avevano ormai soggiogato l'intera Europa. Tra le sequenze da antologia, la danza di Hynkel con il mappamondo e i duetti con Napoloni/ Mussolini.
Part of Charlie Chaplin Collection
Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
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Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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- Release Date
- Runtime
- Keywords
- amnesia
- anti war
- barbershop
- black and white
- dictator
- fascism
- fictitious country
- hairdresser
- jewish ghetto
- national socialism
- national socialist party
- nazi
- propaganda
- satire
- speech
- world war i
- world war ii
- Genres
- Comedy
- War
- Languages
- English
- Esperanto
- Origin Countries
- United States of America
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Production Companies
- Roy Export Company Establishment
- United Artists
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- Release Dates
- Premiere NR Capitol and Astor Theatres, New York City, New York
- Theatrical (limited) NR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Premiere Ottawa
- Theatrical (limited)
- Theatrical PG
- Theatrical
- Theatrical NR
- Theatrical TP
- Theatrical T
- Theatrical 6 West Germany
- Theatrical Re-release
- Theatrical Re-release, West Germany
- Theatrical G Re-release
- Theatrical Re-release
- Theatrical Re-release
- Theatrical (limited) Re-release
- French (Français): Theatrical Re-release
- Theatrical Re-release
- Theatrical Re-release (restored version)
- Theatrical Best of Cinema
- Ratings
- TMDb 83% · 3,205 (more information on website)
- IMDb 84% · 237,175 (more information on website)
- Rotten Tomatoes® 92% (more information on website)
Cast
Character | Person |
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Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber | Charlie Chaplin |
Hannah | Paulette Goddard |
Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria | Jack Oakie |
Commander Schultz | Reginald Gardiner |
Garbitsch | Henry Daniell |
Field Marshal Herring | Billy Gilbert |
Madame Napaloni | Grace Hayle |
Spook | Carter DeHaven |
Mr. Jaeckel | Maurice Moscovitch |
Mrs. Jaeckel | Emma Dunn |
Mr. Mann | Bernard Gorcey |
Mr. Agar | Paul Weigel |
Barber's Customer | Chester Conklin |
Jewish Woman | Esther Michelson |
Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit | Hank Mann |
Blonde Secretary | Florence Wright |
Tomanian Storm Trooper | Eddie Gribbon |
Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis | Rudolph Anders |
Whitewashed Storm Trooper | Eddie Dunn |
Secretary | Nita Pike |
Commander of Storm Troopers | George Lynn |
Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice) | Wheeler Dryden |
Soldier (uncredited) | Fred Aldrich |
Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited) | Richard Alexander |
Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited) | Sig Arno |
Tomanian Officer (uncredited) | William Arnold |
Ghetto Extra (uncredited) | Joe Bordeaux |
Reporter from International Press (uncredited) | Don Brodie |
Sculptor (uncredited) | Gino Corrado |
Hospital Superintendent (uncredited) | John Davidson |
Jewish Man (uncredited) | Max Davidson |
Hospital Orderly (uncredited) | Lew Davis |
Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited) | Pat Flaherty |
Storm Trooper (uncredited) | Bud Geary |
Officer (uncredited) | Sam Harris |
Policeman (uncredited) | Eddie Hart |
Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited) | Leyland Hodgson |
Man Seated on Bed (uncredited) | William Irving |
Banquet Butler (uncredited) | Charles Irwin |
Blonde Secretary (uncredited) | Ethelreda Leopold |
Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited) | Torben Meyer |
Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited) | Bert Moorhouse |
Jewish Woman (uncredited) | Nellie V. Nichols |
Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited) | Manuel París |
Jewish Man (uncredited) | Jack Perrin |
Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited) | Lucien Prival |
Officer Extra (uncredited) | Cyril Ring |
Soldier (uncredited) | Henry Roquemore |
Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited) | Tiny Sandford |
Soldier (uncredited) | Hans Schumm |
Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited) | Harry Semels |
Prison Guard (uncredited) | Charles Sullivan |
Officer (uncredited) | Carl Voss |
Hynkel's Barber (uncredited) | Leo White |
Soldier in Field (uncredited) | Harry Wilson |
Undetermined Role (uncredited) | Hans Conried |
Storm Trooper (uncredited) | Francis Ernest Drake |
Aggie (uncredited) | Francesca Santoro |
Conductor (uncredited) | Leonard Walker |
Soldier (uncredited) | Finn Zirzow |
Crew
Department | Job | Person |
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Art | Art Direction | J. Russell Spencer |
Set Decoration | Edward G. Boyle | |
Camera | Director of Photography | Karl Struss |
Roland Totheroh | ||
Costume & Make-Up | Costume Supervisor | Ted Tetrick |
Makeup Artist | Ed Voight | |
Crew | Second Unit | Wheeler Dryden |
Special Effects | Ralph Hammeras | |
Stunts | Buster Wiles | |
Directing | Assistant Director | Wheeler Dryden |
Director | Charlie Chaplin | |
Editing | Editor | Willard Nico |
Production | Associate Producer | Carter DeHaven |
Producer | Charlie Chaplin | |
Sound | Orchestrator | Carmen Dragon |
Max Terr | ||
Original Music Composer | Charlie Chaplin | |
Meredith Willson | ||
Sound Designer | Glenn Rominger | |
Percy Townsend | ||
Visual Effects | Visual Effects | Jack Cosgrove |
Writing | Writer | Charlie Chaplin |