The Great Dictator
United States • 1940
Director
#565Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorCharlie Chaplin
WriterCharlie Chaplin
CinematographerKarl Struss, Roland Totheroh
ComposerCharlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson
EditorWillard Nico
ProducerCharlie Chaplin
Cast
Charlie Chaplinas Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddardas Hannah
Jack Oakieas Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria