The Great Dictator
Image (1940)
Comedy, Drama, War, Satire
In Collection
#1491
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515080613
IMDB   8.4
124 mins USA / English
Blu-ray  Region A   G (General Audience)
Charlie Chaplin Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Jack Oakie Napaloni - Dictator of Bacteria
Reginald Gardiner Schultz
Henry Daniell Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert Herring
Grace Hayle Madame Napaloni
Carter DeHaven Bacterian Ambassador
Paulette Goddard Hannah
Maurice Moscovitch Mr. Jaeckel
Emma Dunn Mrs. Jaeckel
Bernard Gorcey Mr. Mann
Paul Weigel Mr. Agar
Chester Conklin Barber's Customer
Esther Michelson Jewish Woman
Hank Mann Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit
Florence Wright Blonde Secretary
Eddie Gribbon Tomanian Storm Trooper
Rudolph Anders Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich
Eddie Dunn Whitewashed Storm Trooper
Nita Pike Secretary
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Producer Charlie Chaplin
Carter DeHaven
Writer Charlie Chaplin
Cinematography Karl Struss
Roland Totheroh
Musician Charlie Chaplin
Meredith Willson


Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Edition Details
Edition The Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 5/24/2011
Packaging HD Case
Screen Ratio Standard (1.33:1)
Subtitles English (SDH)
Audio Tracks PCM Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Links IMDB
TheMovieDb.org

Features
New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran The Tramp And The Dictator (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft's documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Color production footage shot by Chaplin's half-brother Sydney Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919 film Sunnyside Rerelease trailer Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York Times defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the film's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations