The Great Dictator
- Year:
- 1940
- Running time:
- 126 minutes
- Certificate:
- PG
- Directed by:
- Charles Chaplin
- Starring:
- Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Description
Chaplin plays two characters in his first full talkie. Adenoid Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania, and a Jewish Barber. The Barber recovers from amnesia to discover Hynkel is persecuting all the Jews in his country. The film ends with a message of hope for the world.- Genre:
- Comedy
- Country of origin:
- USA
- Language:
- English
- Feature Aspect Ratio:
- 4:3
- Picture:
- B&W
- Sound:
- 2.0 Dual Mono/5.1 Dolby Digital (Blu-ray: 2.0 Dual Mono/5.1 DTS-HD)
- Region Encoding:
- 2/B
- Catalogue Number:
- PC(B)0007
Extras
- Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator - documentary (26 mins)
- Behind the scenes colour footage (25 mins)
- Charlie The Barber (1919) - deleted scene from Sunnyside
- Photo gallery
- Chaplin trailer reel