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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 .
Monsieur Verdoux: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis. A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
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...
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.
Monsieur Verdoux, 1947. Chaplin uses the story to make a satirical comparison between private and public murder. Verdoux declares at his trial, “As for being a mass murderer, does not the world encourage it?
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.
