
The Great Dictator(1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.



Charlie Chaplin
Doughboy

Edna Purviance
The Girl

Syd Chaplin
Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser

Loyal Underwood
Short German Officer

Henry Bergman
Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender

Tom Wilson
Dumb German Wood-Cutter

Albert Austin
American Soldier / Clean Shaven German Soldier / Bearded German Soldier
Jack Wilson
Crown Prince
W.J. Allen
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
L.A. Blaisdell
Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Shoulder Arms is a comedy, war film released in 1918 exploring themes of world war i, black and white, silent film, behind enemy lines, trench warfare, short film. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin. An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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