The Great Dictator
Image (1940)
Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#378
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515080613
IMDB   8.5
124 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   G (General Audience)
Charles Chaplin Adenoid Hynkel/A Jewish Barber
Henry Daniell Garbitsch
Carter DeHaven Spook
Emma Dunn Mrs. Jaeckel
Reginald Gardiner Commander Schultz
Billy Gilbert Field Marshal Herring
Paulette Goddard Hannah
Grace Hayle Madame Napaloni
Maurice Moscovitch Mr. Jaeckel
Jack Oakie Benzini Napaloni
Director
Charles Chaplin
Producer Charles Chaplin
Carter DeHaven
Writer Charles Chaplin
Cinematography Karl Struss
Roland Totheroh
Musician Charles Chaplin
Meredith Willson


Chaplin's first true "talking" picture, The Great Dictator daringly satirizes both Nazism and Adolf Hitler. Chaplin portrays both the dictator Adenoid Hynkel and the poor Jewish barber who is his look-alike.
Edition Details
Edition Blu-Ray Edition
Release Date 5/24/2011
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Standard (1.33:1)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran The Tramp And The Dictator (2001), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft's documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others Two new visual essays, one by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and one by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Color production footage shot by Chaplin's half-brother Sydney Barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921 film King, Queen, Joker Deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919 film Sunnyside Rerelease trailer Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York Times defense of his movie, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the film's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations