---
title: 'The Dictator (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Larry Charles'
released: '2012-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 83
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dictator-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645170/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dictator (2012)

2012 · R · 83 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Dictator is a 2012 political satire black comedy film directed by Larry Charles and written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer. Baron Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of the fictional Republic of Wadiya visiting the United States, stars alongside Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [David Mandel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mandel), [Jeff Schaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-schaffer), [Sacha Baron Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-baron-cohen)
- **Director:** [Larry Charles](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-charles)
- **Producer:** [Sacha Baron Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-baron-cohen), [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin), [David Mandel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mandel), [Alec Berg](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-berg), [Jeff Schaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-schaffer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Erran Baron Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/erran-baron-cohen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lawrence Sher](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-sher)
- **Editor:** [Greg Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-hayden)

## Cast

- [Horatio Sanz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horatio-sanz)
- [Garry Shandling](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-shandling)
- [B. J. Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/b-j-novak)
- [Gad Elmaleh](https://cinepixo.com/people/gad-elmaleh)
- [J. B. Smoove](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-b-smoove)
- [Aasif Mandvi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aasif-mandvi)
- [Chris Parnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-parnell)
- [Aleksander Krupa](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-krupa)
- [Elena Goode](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-goode)
- [John C. Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-reilly)
- [Hillary Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillary-clinton)
- [Kevin Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corrigan)
- [Jon Glaser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-glaser)
- [Bobby Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-lee)
- [Anna Faris](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-faris)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.republicofwadiya.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dictator-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q464964); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.