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The Great Dictator
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USA 15 October 1940 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
UK 16 December 1940
USA 7 March 1941
France 4 April 1945
Sweden 19 November 1945
Italy 9 October 1946
Hong Kong 27 March 1947
Czechoslovakia 10 October 1947
Denmark 1 December 1947
Turkey 1949
Finland 26 May 1950
West Germany 26 August 1958
Japan 15 October 1960
USA 1972 (re-release)
Japan 13 October 1973 (re-release)
Finland 21 December 1973 (re-release)
Spain 22 March 1976
Germany 10 April 1997 (re-release)
Norway 5 May 2000 (Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival)
Israel 26 September 2002 (re-release)
Belgium 16 October 2002 (re-release)
France 16 October 2002 (re-release)
Norway 20 October 2002 (Bergen International Film Festival)
South Korea 1 November 2002 (re-release)
Norway 22 November 2002 (re-release)
Spain 22 November 2002 (re-release)
Austria 20 December 2002 (limited) (re-release)
Italy 20 December 2002 (re-release)
Sweden 25 December 2002 (re-release)
Czech Republic 16 January 2003 (re-release)
Canada 24 January 2003 (Québec) (re-release)
Greece 30 May 2003
Finland 13 June 2003 (re-release)
UK 22 August 2003 (re-release)
Mexico 13 November 2003 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
Hong Kong 30 November 2003 (Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival)
Germany 30 December 2004 (re-release)
Brazil 23 September 2005 (São Paulo) (re-release)
Poland 15 February 2008 (re-release)

Also Known As (AKA)
El gran dictador Argentina / Chile / Colombia / Mexico / Spain / Uruguay
Le dictateur Belgium (French title) / Canada (French title) / France
Büyük diktatör Turkey (Turkish title)
De diktator Belgium (Flemish title)
Den store diktator Denmark
Der große Diktator Germany
Diktátor Czechoslovakia
Diktaattori Finland
Diktatoren Denmark
Diktatorn Sweden
Dyktator Poland
Ha-Dictator Ha-Gadol Israel (Hebrew title)
Il dittatore Italy
Il grande dittatore Italy
O Grande Ditador Portugal
O diktator Greece
O megalos diktator Greece (reissue title)
The Dictator USA (working title)

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