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The Great Dictator

1940·125 min

The Great Dictator

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

ComedyWar

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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Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard

Hannah

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

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Charlie Chaplin

Original Music Composer

Roland Totheroh

Director of Photography

Meredith Willson

Original Music Composer

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

Charlie Chaplin

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The Great Dictator (1940) is about dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Who directed The Great Dictator?

Charlie Chaplin directed The Great Dictator (1940).

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