"Once again - the whole world laughs!"

1940

2h 5m

8.3(3513 votes)

Comedy

War

Overview

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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64 members

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Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

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Paulette Goddard

Hannah

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Jack Oakie

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

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Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

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Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

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Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

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Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

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Carter DeHaven

Spook

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Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel

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Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

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Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

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Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

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Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

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Esther Michelson

Jewish Woman

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Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

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Florence Wright

Blonde Secretary

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Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

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Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

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Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

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Nita Pike

Secretary

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George Lynn

Commander of Storm Troopers

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Wheeler Dryden

Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

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Fred Aldrich

Soldier (uncredited)

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Richard Alexander

Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

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Sig Arno

Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

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William Arnold

Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

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Joe Bordeaux

Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

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Don Brodie

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

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Gino Corrado

Sculptor (uncredited)

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John Davidson

Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

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Max Davidson

Jewish Man (uncredited)

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Lew Davis

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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Pat Flaherty

Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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Bud Geary

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Officer (uncredited)

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Eddie Hart

Policeman (uncredited)

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Leyland Hodgson

Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

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William Irving

Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

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Charles Irwin

Banquet Butler (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

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Torben Meyer

Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

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Nellie V. Nichols

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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Manuel París

Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

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Jack Perrin

Jewish Man (uncredited)

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Lucien Prival

Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

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Cyril Ring

Officer Extra (uncredited)

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Henry Roquemore

Soldier (uncredited)

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Tiny Sandford

Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

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Hans Schumm

Soldier (uncredited)

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Harry Semels

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Carl Voss

Officer (uncredited)

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Leo White

Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Soldier in Field (uncredited)

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Hans Conried

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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Francis Ernest Drake

Storm Trooper (uncredited)

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Francesca Santoro

Aggie (uncredited)

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Leonard Walker

Conductor (uncredited)

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Finn Zirzow

Soldier (uncredited)

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Wyn Ritchie Evans

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

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James Carlisle

Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Soldier (uncredited)

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