The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama movie written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other movies.
| The Great Dictator | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Karl Struss Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Willard Nico Harold Rice |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million (US$30,682,692 in 2020 dollars[2]) |
| Box office | $5 million (US$75,976,190 in 2020 dollars[2])[3] |
The Great Dictator Media
Charlie Chaplin from the film The Great Dictator (1940) (with "double cross" emblem in background and on cap).
Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel (right) with Jack Oakie as Benzino Napaloni (left)
Chaplin in the globe scene
Billboard bicycle of the movie with its title in Spanish, El gran dictador, in Buenos Aires, 1941
Chaplin (as the barber) absentmindedly tries to shave Goddard (as Hannah) in this image from the film trailer.
The original trailer for the film
References
- ↑ "The Great Dictator (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 9, 1940. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ↑ Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944). Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?.. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
