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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 .
Charles Chaplin plays a bank clerk who marries and murders rich women for their money in this satire of capitalism and war. The film was based on the real-life case of Henri Landru and features Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom and other stars.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Charles Chaplin
- 1947-10-23
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
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.
Mar 26, 2013 · The protagonist of Charles Chaplin’s Monsieur Verdoux (1947) seduces lonely middle-aged women with bad poetry. He marries them, fleeces them, murders them, and disposes of their bodies. Eventually, he surrenders to the cops, and then proceeds to blame everyone but himself. He should be repulsive, but he isn’t.
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.
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A film by Charles Chaplin about a man who marries and kills wealthy widows to support his sick wife. See the cast, crew, synopsis, photos, videos, awards and reviews of this 1947 classic.
