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The Great Dictator (1940) 8.5
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a doppelganger, a poor but kind Jewish barber living in the slums, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. Director:Charles ChaplinWriter:Charles Chaplin |
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Jack Oakie | ... |
Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria
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Reginald Gardiner | ... |
Schultz
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Garbitsch
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Herring
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Madame Napaloni
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Carter DeHaven | ... |
Bacterian Ambassador
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Hannah
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Maurice Moscovitch | ... |
Mr. Jaeckel
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Mrs. Jaeckel
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Bernard Gorcey | ... |
Mr. Mann
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Paul Weigel | ... |
Mr. Agar
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Chester Conklin | ... |
Barber's Customer
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Esther Michelson | ... |
Jewish Woman
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Hank Mann | ... |
Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit
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Twenty years after the end of WWI in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state, and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewish-Tomainian barber who has since been hospitalized the result of a WWI battle. Upon his release, the barber, who had been suffering from memory loss about the war, is shown the new persecuted life of the Jews by many living in the Jewish ghetto, including a washerwoman named Hannah, with whom he begins a relationship. The barber is ultimately spared such persecution by Commander Schultz, who he saved in that WWI battle. The lives of all Jews in Tomainia are eventually spared with a policy shift by Hynkel himself, who is doing so for ulterior motives. But those motives include a want for world domination, starting with the invasion of neighboring Osterlich, which may be threatened by Benzino Napaloni, the dictator ... Written by Huggo
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Country:
USARelease Date:
7 March 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Title Cards: Note, any resemblance between Hynkle the Dictator and the Jewish Barber is purely co-incidental.
Title Cards: This is a story of a period between two World Wars - an interim in which Insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and Humanity was kicked around somewhat.
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(uncredited)
Music by Luigi Boccherini
Played on piano a bit by Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
According to documentaries on the making of the film, Charles Chaplin began to feel more uncomfortable lampooning Adolf Hitler the more he heard of Hitler's actions in Europe. Ultimately, the invasion of France inspired Chaplin to change the ending of his film to include his famous speech. See more »Goofs
When the Barber first returns to his barber shop, he hangs his hat and coat on a coat-rack that has a hand-broom hanging on it. After his fight with the Storm-Troopers, he re-enters his shop but his coat and hat are no longer on the rack, and the broom has changed location on the rack. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Title Cards: Note, any resemblance between Hynkle the Dictator and the Jewish Barber is purely co-incidental.
Title Cards: This is a story of a period between two World Wars - an interim in which Insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and Humanity was kicked around somewhat.
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Crazy Credits
The film is obviously a satire on Adolf Hitler, represented by Adenoid Hynkel, and its story is based on Hynkel looking exactly like "a Jewish barber": both are played by Charles Chaplin. But it begins with a notice: "Any resemblance between Hynkel the dictator and the Jewish barber is purely co-incidental". See more »Connections
Referenced in 3rd Rock from the Sun: The Great Dickdater (1998)title reference See more »
Soundtracks
"String Quintet in E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet"(uncredited)
Music by Luigi Boccherini
Played on piano a bit by Charles Chaplin
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The Great Dictator is a beyond-excellent film. Charlie Chaplin succeeds in being both extremely funny and witty and yet at the same time provides a strong statement in his satire against fascism. The anti-Nazi speech by Chaplin at the end, with its values, is one of filmdom's great moments. Throughout this movie, I sensed there was some higher form of intelligence, beyond genuinely intelligent filmmaking, at work.