• 1940

  Release Date

• October 15th, 1940

• Runtime

• 125 minutes

• Synopsis

• Chaplin plays two totally opposite roles in his first "talkie," giving a superb display of his boundless talent for both inspired comedy and powerful drama. One of his masterfully drawn characters is a Jewish barber facing the constant threat of storm troopers and religious persecution. The other is the great dictator, Hynkel, a brilliant lampoon of Adolph Hitler that is awesome proof of Chaplin's pantomime genius. The movie's famous highlight comes in its final scene, when Chaplin steps out of character and addresses the camera with an eloquent plea for the triumph of reason and humanity over mindless militarism.

• 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,   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,   Nita Pike - Secretary,   George Lynn - Commander of Storm Troopers,   Wheeler Dryden - Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice),   Fred Aldrich - Soldier (uncredited),   Richard Alexander - Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited),   Sig Arno - Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited),   William Arnold - Tomanian Officer (uncredited),   Joe Bordeaux - Ghetto Extra (uncredited),   Don Brodie - Reporter from International Press (uncredited),   Gino Corrado - Sculptor (uncredited),   John Davidson - Hospital Superintendent (uncredited),   Max Davidson - Jewish Man (uncredited),   Lew Davis - Hospital Orderly (uncredited),   Pat Flaherty - Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited),   Bud Geary - Storm Trooper (uncredited),   Sam Harris - Officer (uncredited),   Eddie Hart - Policeman (uncredited),   Leyland Hodgson - Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited),   William Irving - Man Seated on Bed (uncredited),   Charles Irwin - Banquet Butler (uncredited),   Ethelreda Leopold - Blonde Secretary (uncredited),   Torben Meyer - Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited),   Bert Moorhouse - Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited),   Nellie V. Nichols - Jewish Woman (uncredited),   Manuel París - Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited),   Jack Perrin - Jewish Man (uncredited),   Lucien Prival - Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited),   Cyril Ring - Officer Extra (uncredited),   Henry Roquemore - Soldier (uncredited),   Tiny Sandford - Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited),   Hans Schumm - Soldier (uncredited),   Harry Semels - Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited),   Charles Sullivan - Prison Guard (uncredited),   Carl Voss - Officer (uncredited),   Leo White - Hynkel's Barber (uncredited),   Harry Wilson - Soldier in Field (uncredited),   Hans Conried - Undetermined Role (uncredited),   Francis Ernest Drake - Storm Trooper (uncredited),   Francesca Santoro - Aggie (uncredited),   Leonard Walker - Conductor (uncredited),   Finn Zirzow - Soldier (uncredited),   Wyn Ritchie Evans - Woman in Crowd (uncredited),   James Carlisle - Ball Guest (uncredited),   Oliver Cross - Ball Guest (uncredited),   Herschel Graham - Soldier (uncredited)     

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