The Great Dictator
1940 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Comedy
Drama
War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel s regime. The Great Dictator is a 1941 American English-language Comedy Drama film starring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert and Wyn Ritchie Evans. Charles Chaplin Film Corporation was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Charles Chaplin and Charlie Chaplin. The film is written and directed by Charles Chaplin and Charlie Chaplin. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Great Dictator was released on 1st January 1941 and takes a screen time of 124 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The Great Dictator was made on a budget of $2 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Cinematography was done by Karl Struss and Roland Totheroh and editing by Willard Nico and Harold Rice. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Charles Chaplin along with Charlie Chaplin and Meredith Willson.
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