The Great Dictator (1940)
Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double, a poor Jewish barber, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel and comic catastrophes ensue!
Classification: Universal - suitable for all ages
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Reginald Gardiner, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Grace Hayle, Billy Gilbert
Director: Charlie Chaplin
The Great Dictator
 
Genres:
Classics
Comedy

Run Time:
120 Minutes

Languages:
English

Countries:
USA

BFI Classification:
Universal - suitable for all ages

Release Date:
22/09/2003

Production Year:
1940

Aspect Ratio:
Full Frame 4:3

Colour:
Colour

Special Features:
  • 'The Tramp And The Dictator': a documentary by Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft which parallels the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, born the same week of the same year (55 mins)
  • 'The Production Filmed In Colour By Sydney Chaplin': recently discovered colour footage shot on the set of the film (25 mins)
  • 'Charlie The Barber' (1919): Twenty years before 'The Great Dictator', a scene shot by Chaplin for his short, 'Sunnyside', but deleted from the finished film (7mins)
  • A scene from Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (3 mins)
  • Scenes from the films in the Chaplin Collection (23 mins)
  • Poster gallery
  • Interactive menu
  • Chapter selection
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