The Great Dictator (1940)

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IMDB Rating:8.3/10
Director:Charles Chaplin
Writer:Charles Chaplin (writer)
Release Date: 15 October 1940 (USA)
Genre:Comedy | Drama | War
Tagline:The Comedy Masterpiece!
Plot:In Chaplin’s satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double… a poor Jewish barber… who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.
Plot Keywords:Speech | Globe | Fall Down Stairs | Invented Language | 1930s

Charles Chaplin Adenoid Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania) / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard Hannah
Jack Oakie Benzini Napaloni (Dictator of Bacteria)
Reginald Gardiner Commander Schultz
Henry Daniell Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert Field Marshal Herring
Grace Hayle Madame Napaloni
Carter DeHaven Spook (Bacterian ambassador) (as Carter De Haven)
Maurice Moscovitch Mr. Jaeckel
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

Also Known As:The Dictator (USA) (working title)
Parents Guide:View content advisory for parents
Runtime:124 min
Country:USA
Language:English | Esperanto
Color:Black and White
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Sound Mix:Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:Germany:6 (DVD rating) | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | UK:U (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 (2003) | Finland:K-12 | Finland:S (re-release) | France:U | Germany:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:PG (re-rating) | Norway:7 | Spain:(Banned) (1940-1976) | Spain:T (re-rating) (1976) | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) | USA:Approved (PCA #6611) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | West Germany:12 (original rating)
Filming Locations: Agoura Hills, California, USAmore
MOVIEmeter: 6% since last weekwhy?
Company:Charles Chaplin Productionsmore

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