The Great Dictator

Synopsis

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

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Cast

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

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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

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Nita Pike

Secretary

Crew

Art

• J. Russell Spencer Art Direction
• Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
• William Bogdanoff Construction Foreman

Camera

• Karl Struss Director of Photography
• Roland Totheroh Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Ed Voight Makeup Artist
• Ted Tetrick Costume Supervisor

Crew

• Ralph Hammeras Special Effects
• Wheeler Dryden Second Unit
• Buster Wiles Stunts

Directing

• Charlie Chaplin Director
• Wheeler Dryden Assistant Director

Editing

• Willard Nico Editor

Lighting

• Frank Testera Electrician

Production

• Charlie Chaplin Producer
• Carter DeHaven Associate Producer
• Alfred Reeves Production Manager
• Kathleen Pryor Production Secretary

Sound

• Charlie Chaplin Original Music Composer
• Percy Townsend Sound Designer
• Glenn Rominger Sound Designer
• Meredith Willson Original Music Composer
• Carmen Dragon Orchestrator
• Max Terr Orchestrator

Visual Effects

• Jack Cosgrove Visual Effects

Writing

• Charlie Chaplin Screenplay

Photos