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The Great Dictator (1940)

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Overview

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.

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Principal Cast

Charlie Chaplin
as Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Jack Oakie
as Benzini Napaloni
Reginald Gardiner
as Commander Schultz
Henry Daniell
as Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert
as Field Marshal Herring
Paul Weigel
as Mr. Agar
Paulette Goddard
as Hannah
Grace Hayle
as Madame Napaloni
Maurice Moscovitch
as Mr. Jaeckel
Emma Dunn
as Mrs. Jaeckel
Bernard Gorcey
as Mr. Mann
Carter DeHaven
as Spook
Eddie Gribbon
as Tomanian Storm Trooper
Rudolph Anders
as Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis
Nita Pike
as Secretary
George Lynn
as Commander of Storm Troopers (as Peter Lynn