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The Great Dictator (1940)

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War/Drama/Comedy · 2h 5m · 5/24/2011

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In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish "Tomanian" dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.'s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin's famously impassioned speech.

Release Country

United States

Barcode

715515080613

Release Date

5/24/2011

Media Type

Movie

Audio

English

PCM

Digital Copy

Not Included

Studio

Charles Chaplin Productions/One Production Company/United Artists/The Criterion Collection

Subtitles

English

Video Format

1080p

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

Cover Type

CoverTypeKeep Case (HD, Low)

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Cast

Charles Chaplin

Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Jack Oakie

Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Schultz

Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

Herring

Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

Bacterian Ambassador (as Carter De Haven)

Paulette Goddard

Hannah

Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel (as Maurice Moscovich)

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

Esther Michelson

Jewish Woman

Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright

Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich (as Robert O. Davis)

Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike

Secretary

George Lynn

Commander of Storm Troopers (as Peter Lynn)

Wheeler Dryden

Heinrich Schtick - Translator (voice)

John Alban

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno

Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold

Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Doctor (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Soldier (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Guard (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Ball Guest (uncredited)

John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Jack Gordon

Soldier (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Soldier (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Officer (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Clyde McLeod

Soldier (uncredited)

Russell Meeker

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Jules Michelson

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

George Nardelli

Soldier (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Jewish Man (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

Servant (uncredited)

Lucien Prival

Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

John Rice

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Officer Extra (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie Evans

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro

Aggie (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Count Stefenelli

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Guard (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Carl Voss

Officer (uncredited)

Leonard Walker

Conductor (uncredited)

Leo White

Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Crew

Charles Chaplin

Director

Charles Chaplin

Writer

Charles Chaplin

Producer

Carter DeHaven

Producer

Charles Chaplin

Music

Meredith Willson

Music

Karl Struss

Cinematograpy

Roland Totheroh

Cinematograpy

Willard Nico

Editor

Harold Rice

Editor

J. Russell Spencer

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