The Great Dictator
1940
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Synopsis
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Key facts
Cast
Charlie Chaplin, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Original language
English
Production companies
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation, CHARLES CHAPLIN PRODUCTIONS, Charlie Chaplin Studios, United Artists
Distributors
K-FILMS AMÉRIQUE
Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Setting
Tomainia, Osterlich, Bacteria
Filming locations
Los Angeles, California, Malibu
Crew
Screenplay
Charlie Chaplin
Producer
Charlie Chaplin
Cinematography
Roland Totheroh, Karl Struss
Editing
Willard Nico
Music
Meredith Willson
Trailer
Stills
Reviews
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Festival History
- National Film Preservation Board 1997 generic
- Academy Awards 1941 academy_award
- National Board of Review 1940 generic
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1940 generic
Titles
| Original title | The Great Dictator | English |
| Alternate title | Le Dictateur |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | The Great Dictator (2020) | 1 release, 2020: LE CHANT DU MONDE |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Charlie Chaplin |
| Cast | Charlie Chaplin, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie |
| Screenplay | Charlie Chaplin |
| Producer | Charlie Chaplin |
| Cinematography | Roland Totheroh, Karl Struss |
| Editing | Willard Nico |
| Music | Meredith Willson |
| Production design | J. Russell Spencer |
| Sound | Perey Townsend |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
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