The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940 | 2h 6m | Comedy, Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

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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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Charlie Chaplin

CAST

Charlie Chaplin

Paulette Goddard

Jack Oakie

PRODUCERS

Charlie Chaplin

WRITERS

Charlie Chaplin

Host Intros

02:02
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Great Dictator (1940)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Great Dictator, 1940.

Related Videos

Great Dictator, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Emblem Of The Double Cross
Clip
In his first appearance as the dictator Adenoid Hynkel, writer, producer, director and star Charles Chaplin with a famous speech and lots of gags, in The Great Dictator, 1940.
Great Dictator, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Afraid Of Myself!
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Briefly with aide Garbitsch (Henry Daniell) then in his famous pantomime with the globe, Adenoid Hynkel (writer, producer, director and star Charles Chaplin) fantasizes, in The Great Dictator, 1940.
Great Dictator, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Count Ten And Throw It!
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From the early First World War scenes, writer, producer, director and star Charles Chaplin in combat with the Tomanian army, as the barber who will become an amnesiac, in The Great Dictator, 1940.
Great Dictator, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Storm Troopers
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Having wandered from the asylum, the amnesiac Jewish barber (producer, director and star Charles Chaplin) is surprised by "storm troopers" outside his shop, Hannah (Paulette Goddard) coming to his aid, in The Great Dictator, 1940.
01:54
Great Dictator, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A Jewish barber resembles his country's anti-Semitic dictator in Charles Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), featuring the cinematography of Karl Struss (Telluride Film Festival honoree 1980) & Roland Totheroh.

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