The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

125 mins | Comedy, War | Oct. 15, 1940

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Great Dictator

125 mins | Comedy, War | Oct. 15, 1940

The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
IMDb rating 8.4
Producers United Artists, Roy Export Company Establishment
Original title The Great Dictator
Directors Wheeler Dryden, Charlie Chaplin
Writers Charlie Chaplin

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Jack Oakie

as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

as Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell

as Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

as Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle

as Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

as Spook

Paulette Goddard

as Hannah

Maurice Moscovitch

as Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn

as Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

as Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

as Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin

as Barber's Customer

Esther Michelson

as Jewish Woman

Hank Mann

as Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright

as Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon

as Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders

as Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn

as Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike

as Secretary

George Lynn

as Commander of Storm Troopers

Wheeler Dryden

as Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Fred Aldrich

as Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

as Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno

as Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold

as Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

as Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson

as Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson

as Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis

as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

as Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Officer (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

as Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

as Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving

as Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

as Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

as Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel ParĂ­s

as Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

as Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lucien Prival

as Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Officer Extra (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

as Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

as Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

as Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Semels

as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Carl Voss

as Officer (uncredited)

Leo White

as Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Hans Conried

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake

as Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro

as Aggie (uncredited)

Leonard Walker

as Conductor (uncredited)