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Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye , William Frawley , and Marilyn Nash .
A film by Charles Chaplin about a man who marries and murders rich women for their money during the Great Depression. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Charles Chaplin
- 1947-10-23
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 film by Charlie Chaplin, inspired by the French serial killer Landru. It questions our perception of evil and contrasts Verdoux with war criminals and heroes.
Chaplin plays a serial killer who marries wealthy widows in this 1947 film. The Criterion Collection offers a new restoration, documentary, and essays on the film's themes and reception.
Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) is a dapper Parisian family man who loses his job as a bank clerk. In order to support his wife and child, he devises a plan to woo and...
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- Charlie Chaplin
- Charlie Chaplin
- Comedy, Drama
Charles Chaplin, without modesty, described Monsieur Verdoux as “the cleverest and most brilliant film of my career”. He was from time to time to qualify this opinion; but Verdoux was certainly the blackest of his comedies - the story of a serial killer who ends up beheaded on the guillotine.
Mar 26, 2013 · Charles Chaplin plays a serial killer who marries, murders, and robs lonely women in this dark satire of 1947. The film explores the paradoxes and complexities of Verdoux's character, as well as the moral dilemmas and hypocrisies of his world.
