The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

★ 8.3IMDb Score
Released:1940-10-15
Duration:125 min
Director:Charlie Chaplin
Actors:Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell
Production:Charles Chaplin Productions

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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