The Great Dictator
1940/10/15 (US) | Comedy, War
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.
Charlie Chaplin
Director
Lead Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
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
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Budget
$ 2,000,000
Revenue
$ 11,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Charles Chaplin Productions
Crews
Charlie Chaplin
Producer
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