The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin is back and he is able to speak this time! As usual for Chaplin, The Great Dictator harshly criticizes the Nazi moment with a comedic edge. The film satirizes Hitler and his regime by following a Jewish barber as he avoids capture from Nazi soldiers.

Production

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Produced by Charlie Chaplin

Written by Charlie Chaplin

Starring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovich

Music by Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson

Cinematography by Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh

Edited by Willard Nico, Harold Rice

Production company: Charles Chaplin Film Corporation

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by United Artists

Release date: October 15, 1940 (New York), March 7, 1941 (London)

Running time: 124 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $2 million (US) $36,023,923 in 2018 dollars

Box office: $5 million (US) $89,418,052 in 2018 dollars