In The Great Dictator, his first talking film, Charlie Chaplin skewers both Adolf Hitler (Adenoid Hynkel) and Benito Mussolini (Benzino Napaloni) on sharp spears of ridicule. I'm a clown, he said in an interview with The New York Times Magazine shortly before the film's 1940 premiere, and what can I do that is more effective than to laugh at these fellows that are putting humanity to the goose step?
* Original story notes, drafts of scripts and production records documenting Chaplin's work on Sequence X--the Final Speech
Production Year:
1940
Released:
Tue, 04/11/2000
Run Time Minutes:
125
Genres:
Comedy
Genres:
War
Genres:
Classic
Trailer:
Yes
Format Aspect Ratio:
4x3-Full Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HiDef-4 [d]
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
Mono
Actors:
Charles Chaplin - Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania
Actors:
Jack Oakie - Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
Actors:
Reginald Gardiner - Schultz
Actors:
Henry Daniell - Garbitsch
Actors:
Billy Gilbert - Herring
Actors:
Grace Hayle - Madame Napaloni
Actors:
Carter DeHaven - Bacterian Ambassador
Actors:
Charles Chaplin - A Jewish Barber
Actors:
Paulette Goddard - Hannah
Actors:
Maurice Moscovitch - Mr. Jaeckel
Actors:
Emma Dunn - Mrs. Jaeckel
Actors:
Bernard Gorcey - Mr. Mann
Actors:
Paul Weigel - Mr. Agar
Actors:
Chester Conklin - Barber's Customer
Actors:
Esther Michelson - Jewish Woman
Actors:
Hank Mann - Storm Trooper
Actors:
Florence Wright - Blonde Secretary
Actors:
Eddie Gribbon - Tomanian Storm Trooper
Actors:
Rudolph Anders - Tomanian Officer
Actors:
Eddie Dunn - Storm Trooper
Actors:
Nita Pike - Secretary
Actors:
George Lynn - Commander of Storm Troopers
Actors:
Sig Arno - Parachute Inventor
Actors:
William Arnold - Tomanian Officer
Actors:
Wheeler Dryden - Heinrich Schtick