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The Great Dictator (1940)

Cast

  • charles chaplin movies
    Charles Chaplin
    as Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
  • paulette goddard movies
    Paulette Goddard
    as Hannah
  • hans conried movies
    Hans Conried
    as Undetermined Role
  • henry daniell movies
    Henry Daniell
    as Garbitsch
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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Drama War

8.5 / 10

20 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 been hospitalized since 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, whom 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 desire for world domination, starting with the invasion of neighboring Osterlich, which may be threatened by Benzino Napaloni, the dictator of neighboring ...

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Comments on this trailer
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Sandip thakuri Chand
Who is this watching in 21st century 🔗 - @Friday, July 28, 2017 7:00 PM

Jake Westbrook
my three reasons 1-how the comedy fits with the eerily accurate drama (I also wonder how much Chaplin knew vs. what he speculated) 2- Hynkel shows Chaplin could break from his tramp character, and the barber proves he can do dialogue. 3- it's just as relevant as ever. - @Thursday, January 7, 2016 2:35 AM

heinrichvon
A great man did a great thing and, as the video points out, took on evil using the resources of his art. Of course, much of the comedy with the Hinkel character is more like The Three Stooges (who of course did their own Hitler take off, You Nazty Spy) than The Gold Rush, but I'm not complaining.  - @Sunday, January 11, 2015 1:44 AM

Hans Carter
Great movie: excellent double feature with the Marx Bros. DUCK SOUP. (Why hasn't Criterion done a release of DUCK SOUP?) - @Wednesday, August 27, 2014 6:55 PM

Alex Krajci
1940's The Great Dictator Is One Of My Favorite Films. - @Sunday, September 1, 2013 4:13 PM

MinamuTV
I'm really thinking about getting this on Criterion. - @Saturday, June 2, 2012 2:15 AM

diddymuck
:28 did he say FUCK? - @Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:18 AM

Wladislaw Semyonov
Excellent trailer!! 10 out of 10. - @Friday, September 9, 2011 3:34 PM

GreenDay1981
0:23 I loved that part! - @Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:04 PM

PittsBurghFuzz
I love the third reason. It works perfectly with the music and the scene. One of the best scenes in film history. - @Monday, July 11, 2011 5:54 PM

Veesh Lah
@TheMossyIsGreener Chill, homie. Everything'll be OK. - @Monday, June 27, 2011 3:33 PM

TinnFroll86
A great film. It was marvelous, dramatic and uplifting. Chaplin's speech did make cry. Reason number three did make me laugh, though. "He went after Hitler before America did". Priceless. - @Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:43 PM

phxsns1
0:29 "Fuck"? - @Saturday, May 14, 2011 4:26 PM

3DPhilBrown
Remember there are many ways to fight injustice, Chaplin did it by making this film for instance. Imagine being taken from your home and your family being murdered, you have to do something. - @Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:14 PM

3DPhilBrown
Wonderful speech, remember there are many ways to fight injustice, Chaplin did it by making this film for instance. - @Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:13 PM

ElachimArtist
I don't find the sentence "Let us fight to free the world" very appealing - @Wednesday, May 4, 2011 9:33 AM

dannydontgoin237
@TheMossyIsGreener Sometimes releases get pushed back a week or two and it's too late to change previously posted announcements. I work for a DVD distribution company and it happens quite a bit - it's disappointing to consumers, but it's a major PITA for the company. - @Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:27 PM

samparkervideo
If I wasn't already excited enough for this release, this just took the cake. Can't wait, guys. - @Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:46 PM

Corey Atad
That speech at the end of The Great Dictator is one of the best moral or political speeches ever given. It should be taught in schools. - @Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:37 PM

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