The Great Dictator (1940)

Original title	The Great Dictator
Swedish release title	Diktatorn
Distribution title	The Great Dictator (Storbritannien) Le dictateur (Frankrike) Il grande dittatore (Italien) El gran dictador (Spanien) O grande ditador (Portugal) Velikij diktator (Sovjetunionen) Diktatoren (Danmark) Diktátor (Tjeckoslovakien) Diktatoren (Norge) Der große Diktator (Tyskland) Diktaattori (Finland) הדיקטטור הגדול (Israel) Veliki diktator (Kroatien) A diktátor (Ungern) 独裁者 (Japan) 위대한 독재자 (Korea) De dictator (Nederländerna) Dyktator (Polen) Doctatorul (Rumänien) Великий диктатор (Solvjetunionen) Büyük diktatör (Turkiet) 大独裁者 (Kina) Великия Диктатор (Bulgarien) Tên đại độc tài (Vietnam) Einræðisherrann (Island)
Title for Swedish DVD release	The Great Dictator
Working title	The Dictator

Director	Charles Chaplin
Screenplay	Charles Chaplin
Producer	Charles Chaplin (ej krediterad)
Production Manager	Alfred Reeves (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Karl Struss Roland H. Totheroh (as Roland Totheroh)
Music	Charles Chaplin (ej krediterad) Meredith Willson (ej krediterad)
Production Designer	J. Russell Spencer
Film Editor	Willard Nico Harold Rice (ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Percy Townsend Glenn Rominger
Assistant Director	Dan James Wheeler Dryden Bob Meltzer Alex Finlayson (ej krediterad)
Advisor	Carl Voss (militär rådgivare - ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Evelyn Earle (ej krediterad)
Associate Producer	Carter DeHaven (ej krediterad)
Production Assistant	Henry Bergman (general assistant - ej krediterad)
Production Secretary	Kathleen Pryor (ej krediterad) Kay Clement (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Monroe Greenthal (ej krediterad)
Camera Operator	Roland H. Totheroh (as Roland Totheroh) (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Bill Wallace (ej krediterad)
Special Photographic Effects	Ralph Hammeras (ej krediterad) Jack R. Cosgrove (as Jack Cosgrove) (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Frank Testera (ej krediterad)
Lab Coordinator	Rollin Brown (ej krediterad)
Music Coordinator	Al Kaye (ej krediterad)
Conductor	Meredith Willson (ej krediterad)
Orchestration	Carmen Dragon (ej krediterad) Max Terr (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Max Terr (biträdande - ej krediterad) Meredith Willson
Assistant Production Designer	Dick Fritsch (ej krediterad)
Set Decorator	Edward G. Boyle (ej krediterad)
Painter	Frank Veseley (ej krediterad)
Propman	Clem Widrig (ej krediterad) Oscar Wright (purchasing department - ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Ted Tetrick (ej krediterad) Wyn Ritchie (ej krediterad)
Make-up Supervisor	Ed Voight (ej krediterad)
Construction Coordinator	William Bogdanoff (ej krediterad)
Stunt	Buster Wiles (ej krediterad)
Assistant Film Editor	Dick Fritsch (ej krediterad)

Charles Chaplin	Adenoid Hynkel, Tomanias diktator/Harü Tondadoz, en judisk barberare
Paulette Goddard	Hannah, föräldralös judisk flicka
Jack Oakie	Benzini Napaloni, Bacterias diktator
Reginald Gardiner	Schultz, flygofficer, senare Captain
Henry Daniell	Garbitsch, propaganda- och inrikesminister i Tomania
Billy Gilbert	Herring, fältmarskalk i Tomania
Grace Hayle	Madame Napaloni
Carter DeHaven (as Carter De Haven)	Spook, Bacterias ambassadör
Maurice Moscovitch (as Maurice Moscovich)	Mr. Jaeckel, Harüs granne
Emma Dunn	Mrs. Jaeckel
Bernard Gorcey	Mr. Mann
Paul Weigel	Mr. Agar
Chester Conklin	kund hos Harü som blir rakad till ackompanjemang av Ungersk dans nr 5
Esther Michelson	en judisk kvinna
Hank Mann	man ur stormtrupperna som stjäl frukt
Florence Wright	blond sekreterare
Eddie Gribbon	tomansk man ur stormtrupperna
Rudolph Anders (as Robert O. Davis)	tomansk officer vid Osterlich
Eddie Dunn	man ur stormtrupperna som får vit färg över sig
Nita Pike	sekreterare
George Lynn (as Peter Lynn)	stormtruppernas kommendant
-	Ej krediterade:
Richard Alexander	tomansk fångvaktare 1918
William Arnold	tomansk officer
Sig Arno	uppfinnaren av den kompakta fallskärmen
Walter Bacon	man ur stormtrupperna
Bill Beckford	man ur stormtrupperna
Henry Bergman	en man
Don Brodie	journalist från International Press
Gino Corrado	skulptör
John Davidson	chef på sjukhuset
Max Davidson	en judisk man
Lew Davis	sjukvårdare
Gloria DeHaven	ung kvinna
Francis Ernest Drake	man ur stormtrupperna
Wheeler Dryden	Heinrich Schtick, tolken
Pat Flaherty	vänlig man ur stormtrupperna
Bud Geary	man ur stormtrupperna
Sam Harris	officer
Eddie Hart	polis
Leyland Hodgson	artilleriofficer vid Tjocka Berta (Big Bertha)
William Irving	man sittande på sängen
Charles Irwin	uppassare på banketten
Ethelreda Leopold	blond sekreterare
Torben Meyer	skallig kund hos Harü
Jules Michelson	en man i gettot
Bert Moorhouse	Hynkels stabsofficer
Nat Nealon	man ur stormtrupperna
Nellie V. Nichols	en judisk kvinna
Paul Palmer	man ur stormtrupperna
Manuel París	en dansande på balen
Jack Perrin	en judisk man
Lucien Prival	stormtruppsofficer vid gränsen till Osterlich
Cyril Ring	officer
Henry Roquemore	soldat
Tiny Sandford	soldat 1918 i Tomania
Hans Schumm	soldat
Harry Semels	judisk frukthandlare
Charles Sullivan	fångvaktare
Carl Voss	officer
Leo White	Hynkels barberare
Harry Wilson	soldat i fält

Production Company	Charles Chaplin Film Corp.
Copyright	Charles Chaplin Film Corp.	1940-10-31	LP10041
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	United Artists AB	1945
	Sandrew Film & Teater AB	1972
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2002
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB	2003
	Soul Media	2011
	Soul Media	2011

Censorship number	69093
Date	1972-10-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3420 meters

Censorship number	69093
Date	1945-11-17
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3420 meters
Censored length	3365 meters
Notes	Akt 2: en del visningar av de uniformerade karlarna på trottoaren och hur de avhämtas med en bil; en del förberedelser för hängning och upphissning i en snara. Akt 4: barberarens huvud dunkas mot ett bord; en del vålds- och sensationsmoment med skrik. Akt 6: en man nedskjutes, en kvinna slås till marken.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	RCA Sound System
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3483 meter
Length in minutes	127 min
Reels	13 reels
Dialogue	English Esperanto
Textad	Swedish

			(kompletteringar fram till 1940-10-02)	1939-09-09	1940-02
Chaplin Studios, 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue	Pasadena, Kalifornien	USA	(Hynkels palats)
Mulholland Highway	Agoura Hills, Kalifornien	USA
Holly Street	Pasadena, Kalifornien	USA
Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
	Lake Malibu, Kalifornien	USA
Reuss Ranch	Malibu Lake, Kalifornien	USA
San Fernando Valley	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
Santa Monica Mountains	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1940-10-15	Astor Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	127 min
	1940-10-15	Capitol Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	127 min
Other showing	1940-11-14	Carthay Circle Theatre	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
Release in Sweden	1945-11-19	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	123 min
Re-release	1972		Stockholm	Sweden	125 min
TV showing	1981-04-06	TV1		Sweden
	1983-09-15	TV1		Sweden
Re-release	2002-12-25	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
DVD release	2003-10-29			Sweden
TV showing	2004-04-10	SVT2		Sweden	122 min
	2006-09-06	SVT1		Sweden	122 min
DVD release	2011-02-23			Sweden
	2011-02-23			Sweden
TV showing	2022-11-23	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2023-02-05		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Ungarische Tänze. Nr 5, fiss-moll
Composer	Johannes Brahms	(1869)

Original title	Lohengrin. Uvertyr
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1850)

Original title	Kvintett, violin (2), viola, violoncell (2), G. 275, E-dur. Menuett
Composer	Luigi Boccherini	(1771)

Original title	Napaloni March
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1940)

Original title	Falling Star
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1940)

Original title	Zigeuner
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1940)

Original title	Ze Boulevardier
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1940)

Original title	Marche Militaire
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1940)

Original title	Humoresques de concert. Menuet célèbre
Composer	Ignacy Jan Paderewski	(1887)

Bilden av förintelsen (1998)		The Great Dictator (1940)
Iron Sky (2012)		The Great Dictator (1940)
I Stop Time (2014)		The Great Dictator (1940)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3420

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3424

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	2
Slides	3
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck