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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.

Once again - the whole world laughs!

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner

Released: October 15, 1940

Runtime: 125.0

Popularity Rating: 9.242

Roy Export Company Establishment, United Artists

United States of America

Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber Charlie Chaplin
Benzini Napaloni Jack Oakie
Commander Schultz Reginald Gardiner
Garbitsch Henry Daniell
Field Marshal Herring Billy Gilbert
Mr. Agar Paul Weigel
Madame Napaloni Grace Hayle
Hannah Paulette Goddard
Mr. Jaeckel Maurice Moscovitch
Mrs. Jaeckel Emma Dunn
Mr. Mann Bernard Gorcey
Spook Carter DeHaven
Tomanian Storm Trooper Eddie Gribbon
Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis Rudolph Anders
Secretary Nita Pike
Commander of Storm Troopers George Lynn
Barber's Customer Chester Conklin
Jewish Woman Esther Michelson
Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit Hank Mann
Blonde Secretary Florence Wright
Whitewashed Storm Trooper Eddie Dunn
Heinrich Schtick - Translator (voice) Wheeler Dryden
Soldier (uncredited) Fred Aldrich
Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited) Richard Alexander
Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited) Sig Arno
Tomanian Officer (uncredited) William Arnold
Ghetto Extra (uncredited) Joe Bordeaux
Reporter from International Press (uncredited) Don Brodie
Sculptor (uncredited) Gino Corrado
Hospital Superintendent (uncredited) John Davidson
Jewish Man (uncredited) Max Davidson
Hospital Orderly (uncredited) Lew Davis
Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited) Pat Flaherty
Storm Trooper (uncredited) Bud Geary
Officer (uncredited) Sam Harris
Policeman (uncredited) Eddie Hart
Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited) Leyland Hodgson
Man Seated on Bed (uncredited) William Irving
Banquet Butler (uncredited) Charles Irwin
Blonde Secretary (uncredited) Ethelreda Leopold
Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited) Torben Meyer
Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited) Bert Moorhouse
Jewish Woman (uncredited) Nellie V. Nichols
Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited) Manuel Paris
Jewish Man (uncredited) Jack Perrin
Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited) Lucien Prival
Officer Extra (uncredited) Cyril Ring
Soldier (uncredited) Henry Roquemore
Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited) Tiny Sandford
Soldier (uncredited) Hans Schumm
Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited) Harry Semels
Prison Guard (uncredited) Charles Sullivan
Officer (uncredited) Carl Voss
Hynkel's Barber (uncredited) Leo White
Soldier in Field (uncredited) Harry Wilson
Undetermined Role Hans Conried
Storm Trooper Francis Ernest Drake
Aggie Francesca Santoro
Conductor Leonard Walker

Art — Art Direction: J. Russell Spencer
Art — Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Camera — Director of Photography: Karl Struss
Camera — Director of Photography: Roland Totheroh
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Supervisor: Ted Tetrick
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Ed Voight
Crew — Second Unit: Wheeler Dryden
Crew — Special Effects: Ralph Hammeras
Crew — Stunts: Buster Wiles
Directing — Assistant Director: Wheeler Dryden
Directing — Director: Charlie Chaplin
Editing — Editor: Willard Nico
Production — Associate Producer: Carter DeHaven
Production — Producer: Charlie Chaplin
Sound — Orchestrator: Carmen Dragon
Sound — Orchestrator: Max Terr
Sound — Original Music Composer: Charlie Chaplin
Sound — Original Music Composer: Meredith Willson
Sound — Sound Designer: Glenn Rominger
Sound — Sound Designer: Percy Townsend
Visual Effects — Visual Effects: Jack Cosgrove
Writing — Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin