
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
The Great Dictator
October 15, 1940
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Cast (64)

Charlie Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard
Hannah

Jack Oakie
Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner
Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell
Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert
Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle
Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven
Spook

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 Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright
Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon
Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders
Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn
Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike
Secretary

George Lynn
Commander of Storm Troopers

Wheeler Dryden
Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Fred Aldrich
Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander
Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno
Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold
Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux
Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson
Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson
Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary
Storm Trooper (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)

Torben Meyer
Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols
Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel ParĂs
Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Jack Perrin
Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lucien Prival
Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Officer Extra (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore
Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford
Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Hans Schumm
Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Semels
Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan
Prison Guard (uncredited)

Carl Voss
Officer (uncredited)

Leo White
Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Hans Conried
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake
Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro
Aggie (uncredited)

Leonard Walker
Conductor (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow
Soldier (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie Evans
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

James Carlisle
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross
Ball Guest (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Soldier (uncredited)
Crew (26)
Directing

Charlie Chaplin
Director

Wheeler Dryden
Assistant Director
Writing

Charlie Chaplin
Writer
Production

Charlie Chaplin
Producer

Carter DeHaven
Associate Producer

Kathleen Pryor
Production Secretary

Alfred Reeves
Production Manager
Sound

Charlie Chaplin
Original Music Composer

Meredith Willson
Original Music Composer

Glenn Rominger
Sound Designer

Carmen Dragon
Orchestrator

Percy Townsend
Sound Designer

Max Terr
Orchestrator
Art

J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction

Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration

William Bogdanoff
Construction Foreman
Camera

Roland Totheroh
Director of Photography

Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Ed Voight
Makeup Artist

Ted Tetrick
Costume Supervisor
Crew
Editing

Willard Nico
Editor
Lighting

Frank Testera
Electrician
Visual Effects

Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects