Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Great Dictator (The) (1940)

R0 America - Image Entertainment Extras: Seven-minute sequence that inspired the famous barber scene 1933 Fox MovieTone newsreel about Adolf Hitler Original story notes, drafts of scripts and production records documenting Chaplin's work on Sequence "X" – the Final Speech Production Notes Subtitles: English and French Aspect Ratio: 1.28:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Case type: Snapper Case Notes: This title is out of print. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R0 Scandinavia - Soul Media Extras: DISC ONE (BLU-RAY) DISC TWO (DVD) * The Film Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: 5.1-channel audio suffers badly from wobbling. Package incorrectly mentions Region 2 only. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R1 America - Criterion Collection #565 Extras: DISC ONE * The Film Audio Commentary with Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran Theatrical trailer DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Chaplin's Napoleon and the Great Dictator" visual essay by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli (19:11) "The Clowns Turn to Prophet" visual essay by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance (20:53) The Production Filmed in Color by Sydney Chaplin (26:51) Sequence from "King, Queen, Joker" 1921 short (4:55) "Two Shaves" featurette (2:20) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:50) Subtitles: English HoH Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 1.0 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Comes with a 30-page liner notes 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. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R1 America - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:56) The Production Filmed in Color by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) (25:40) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:28) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:24) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Chinese, English, English HoH, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: NTSC Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono French Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Keep Case Notes: This is an all-new restoration with digital transfer from the Chaplin family vault and remastered. PAL→NTSC transfer. Also available in the Charlie Chaplin Collection Volume 1 set which includes Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, Limelight. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 France - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, French HoH, German, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono French Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Digipak Notes: This is an all-new restoration with digital transfer from the Chaplin family vault and remastered. Also available in the Charlie Chaplin 4 DVD Boxset and The Charlie Chaplin 10 DVD Boxset Also available as a limited collector set, with 6 photos and a 24 pages booklet, in a special cardboard case. Special thanks to Rewind user Cornelius666 for providing these specifications. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page	Buy this disc from Amazon France
R2 Germany - Arthaus Extras: "Chaplin Today - The Great Dictator" documentary (26:14) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) Bonus Trailers Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Germany - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Scandinavia - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Digipak Notes: Discs also encoded for Regions 4 & 5. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 Spain - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Digipak Notes: Discs also encoded for Regions 4 & 5. DISC TWO includes optional Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish subtitles. Special thanks to Rewind user Matthew B Harrah for providing these specifications. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R2 United Kingdom - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, French HoH, German, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono French Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Digipak Notes: Includes a 16 page booklet. DISC TWO includes optional Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish subtitles. DISC TWO is region 2/4/5. Also included in the 5-film "The Chaplin Collection Volume 1" box set. Also include in the 11-film "The Chaplin Collection". Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
R4 Australia - Warner Home Video Extras: DISC ONE * The Film DISC TWO "The Tramp and the Dictator" documentary (54:57) "Making of in Color" by Sydney Chaplin (1939/40) silent footage (25:45) "Charlie the Barber" deleted sequence from the 1919 short "Sunnyside" (7:30) Excerpt from "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) (2:25) Poster Gallery "The Chaplin Collection" Trailers - The Kid (2:16) - A Woman of Paris (1:58) - The Gold Rush (1:46) - The Circus (2:13) - City Lights (2:39) - Modern Times (1:50) - The Great Dictator (2:32) - Monsieur Verdoux (2:46) - Limelight (2:33) - A King in New York (2:37) Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Picture Format: Non-Anamorphic TV System: PAL Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page

OVERALL: Draw

The US Criterion release has best set of extras and the original mono track.
The Warner Bros. releases have optional 5.1 and mono tracks. Only minor language differences. Note the US Warner Bros. release uses a PAL to NTSC transfer.
The US Image Entertainment has a proper NTSC transfer and a few exclusive extras.
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- R0 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (125:04 NTSC).
- R0 Scandinavia- Soul Media - No cuts (120:06 PAL).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:40 PAL->NTSC).
- R2 France- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Arthaus - No Cuts (120:07 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
- R2 Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:47 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts (119:47 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (119:47 PAL).
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 15/08/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/11/20

UPDATE LOG:

24/05/11: Addition of the R1 Criterion release and DVDBeaver link, minor clean-up, and changed Overall.
26/01/13: Addition of the R0 Scandinavian edition.
08/02/13: Addition of the R2 Scandinavian edition.
17/07/15: Additions of the Germany x2, updated PAL Warner specs and runtimes.
07/11/20: Added Spain, updated US Warner.
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Great Dictator (The) (1940)

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