The Great Dictator
Once again - the whole world laughs!
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Signature
- Craft · Action · Humour
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
28 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Great Dictator actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Great Dictator appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Comedies Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Comedy Movies Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #52
Placed at #52 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #126
Placed at #126 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Great Dictator returned 5.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Oct 15, 1940
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English, Esperanto
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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