Monsieur Verdoux
1947·Movie
·2h 4min·
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A Comedy of Murders.
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Darkly ComedicSatirical Black ComedyPhilosophical CrimeSocial CommentaryCynicalMisunderstood ProtagonistTragicomedyIntriguing PremiseMoralitySharp Dialogue
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Directed by:
Charlie Chaplin, Robert Florey, Wheeler Dryden
Written by:
Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles
Produced by:
Charlie Chaplin, John McFadden
Composed by:
Charlie Chaplin, Georg Kreisler, Rudy Schrager
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