Great Dictator, The (1940) Front Cover Actor Charles Chaplin Adenoid Hynkel (dictator of Tomania)/A Jewish barber Jack Oakie Napaloni (dictator of Bacteria) Reginald Gardiner Commander Schultz Henry Daniell Garbitsch Billy Gilbert Field Marshal Herring Grace Hayle Madame Napaloni Carter DeHaven Bacterian ambassador (as Carter De Haven) Paulette Goddard Hannah Maurice Moscovitch Mr. Jaeckel Emma Dunn Mrs. Jaeckel Movie Details Genre Comedy Director Charles Chaplin Producer Charles Chaplin Writer Charles Chaplin Language English Running Time 124 mins Country USA Color Color Plot During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military pilot Schultz. Unfortunately, their flight from the advancing enemy ends in a severe crash with the clumsy soldier losing his memories. After quite some years in the hospital, the amnesia patient gets released and reopens his old barber shop in the Jewish ghetto. But times have changed in the country of Tomania: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel, who accidentally looks very similar to the barber, has laid his merciless grip on the country, and the Jewish people are discriminated against. One day, the barber gets in trouble and is brought before a commanding officer, who turns out to be his old comrade Schultz. So, the ghetto enjoys protection from then on. Meanwhile, Dictator Hynkel develops big plans, he wants to become Dictator of the whole world and needs a scapegoat for the public. Soon, Schultz is being arrested for being too Jewish-friendly, and all Jews except those who managed to flee are transported into Concentration Camps. Hynkel is planning to march into Osterlich to show off against Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria, who already has deployed his troops along the other border of the small country. Meanwhile, Schultz and the barber manage to escape, guised in military uniforms. As luck would have it, Schultz and the barber are picked up by Tomanian forces and the barber is mixed up with Hynkel himself. The small barber now gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to speak to the people of Osterlich and all of Tomania, who listen eagerly on the radio. *** Po skončení války se vrací židovský holič do svého holičství, které sídlí v židovském ghettu hlídaném policií diktátora Hynkela, který tvrdou rukou vládne své zemi Tománii. Hynkel má zájem na tom, aby nakonec všichni židé byli zlikvidováni. Ještě před tím však nachystá expanzi do Osterlichu, o který má však zájem taky druhý diktátor Napoloni, který vládne zemi Baktérii. Mezitím se v židovském ghettu začínají objevovat vzpurné hlasy, které mají zájem na odstranění Hynkela. Do tohoto hnutí je shodou náhod zapleten i holič a jeho přítelkyně Hana. Personal Details Seen It No Index 76 In Collection Yes Links IMDB Czech title Velký diktátor Product Details Format Divx Packaging HDD Audio Tracks English Nr of Disks/Tapes 2 Notes zatím pouze s anglickými titulky