Le Dictateur
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1940 • 125 min • Comedy · War
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 83 Audience · 3755 · 49%
Charlie Chaplin
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Dépeint la montée d'un régime totalitaire et la persécution.
- Quelques scènes de violence comique et de burlesque.
- Les thèmes de la guerre et de la haine sont centraux dans le récit.
What it models well
- Le courage face à l'oppression
- L'importance de prendre la parole
- L'humanité et l'empathie
Talk about it after
- L'histoire réelle derrière la satire
- Le pouvoir des mots et des discours
- Pourquoi il est crucial de s'élever contre l'injustice
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Top billed cast
Director: Charlie Chaplin • Crew: Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard
Hannah
Jack Oakie
Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
Reginald Gardiner
Commander Schultz
Henry Daniell
Garbitsch
Billy Gilbert
Field Marshal Herring
Grace Hayle
Madame Napaloni
Carter DeHaven
Spook
Maurice Moscovitch
Mr. Jaeckel
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Jaeckel
Trailers & clips
Original Trailer
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
Three Reasons: The Great Dictator
THE GREAT DICTATOR Trailer (1940) - The Criterion Collection
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersForever great, forever relevant as dictators and dictator-wannabes do their best to deprive the humans of their humanity.
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIn September 1939, six days after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, Charlie Chaplin began filming his next feature. Drawing on the public perception of the similarities between himself and Adolf Hitler - not just his toothbrush moustache but also their upbringings - Chaplin sought to directly parody and attack the German führer and fascism.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.3/10 (3,755)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $11,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0032553
