The Great Dictator1940
About
- Runtime
- 2 hours 5 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- Once again - the whole world laughs!
- Overview
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Released
- October 15, 1940
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $11,000,000
- Production
- Charles Chaplin Productions
Credits
Directing
- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Wheeler DrydenAssistant Director
Writing
- Charlie ChaplinScreenplay
Art
- J. Russell SpencerArt Direction
- Edward G. BoyleSet Decoration
- William BogdanoffConstruction Foreman
Camera
- Karl StrussDirector of Photography
- Roland TotherohDirector of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Ed VoightMakeup Artist
- Ted TetrickCostume Supervisor
Crew
- Ralph HammerasSpecial Effects
- Wheeler DrydenSecond Unit
- Buster WilesStunts
Editing
- Willard NicoEditor
Lighting
- Frank TesteraElectrician
Production
- Charlie ChaplinProducer
- Carter DeHavenAssociate Producer
- Alfred ReevesProduction Manager
- Kathleen PryorProduction Secretary
Sound
- Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
- Percy TownsendSound Designer
- Glenn RomingerSound Designer
- Meredith WillsonOriginal Music Composer
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- Carmen DragonOrchestrator
- Max TerrOrchestrator
Visual Effects
- Jack CosgroveVisual Effects
