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A Balasaur Score of 86 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Scores higher than 97% of the 235 1940s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Max.
Synopsis
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
3,812 audience votes
Key crew
- Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Meredith WillsonOriginal Music Composer
- Charlie ChaplinScreenplay
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinAdenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
- Paulette GoddardHannah
- Jack OakieBenzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
- Reginald GardinerCommander Schultz
- Henry DaniellGarbitsch
- Billy GilbertField Marshal Herring
- Grace HayleMadame Napaloni
- Carter DeHavenSpook
- Maurice MoscovitchMr. Jaeckel
- Emma DunnMrs. Jaeckel
- Bernard GorceyMr. Mann
- Paul WeigelMr. Agar
Stills
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Themes
amnesianazihairdresserpropagandaworld war idictatorjewish ghettofascismworld war iinational socialismnational socialist partysatire
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The Great Dictator is #4 of 60
