MONSIEUR VERDOUX

A film by Charles Chaplin

Cast : Allison Roddan, Mady Correll, Charles Chaplin

1947 / comedy / original title : MONSIEUR VERDOUX / 124’ / status : completed / long feature-film / French catalog

Inspired by notorious French serial killer Landru, Henri Verdoux lures wealthy women by promising them sweet happy-everafters. After the wedding bells chime, however, he murders them for their fortunes. In this particularly dark comedy, Chaplin questions our perception of evil: isn’t this refined criminal a mere amateur compared to weapons suppliers and dictators? We stand ready to condemn a murderer, but when war victims are counted in millions, we celebrate a hero!

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