Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | |
| Director(s) | Charlie Chaplin |
| Producer(s) | Charlie Chaplin |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Top Topics | Marriage, Money |
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Charlie Chaplin and produced by Charlie Chaplin.
SYNOPSIS
Chaplin's notorious film about Landru, the Parisian bank clerk who murdered a string of wealthy widows, is a mixture of a straight thriller and black comedy, with an unsettling tone that originally kept away postwar audiences and alienated Chaplin fans. Nevertheless, there is much to recommend this amusing critique of a modern society that values money more than human lives. Big-mouthed comedian Raye has her finest role as the widow who proved Verdoux's ultimate challenge. Ahead of its time when produced, the film has since moved from cult status to classic and is now widely hailed as one of Chaplin's essential works.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Charles Chaplin | Nominated |
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsPrior to the making and release of Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin had undoubtedly hit the most turbulent patch in his historic career and not even he could come out of scandal and political upheaval unscathed. To put it lightly his stock in the United States plummeted. You would think that he more... Read full article
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsPrior to the making and release of Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin had undoubtedly hit the most turbulent patch in his historic career and not even he could come out of scandal and political upheaval unscathed. To put it lightly his stock in the United States plummeted. You would think that he more... Read full article
The 1947 Blogathon: Monsieur Verdoux
By Summer Reeves on Jul 13, 2015 From Serendipitous AnachronismsThe 1947 Blogathon: Monsieur Verdoux 13 Monday Jul 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1940s, Blogathon, Comedy, Drama, Farce, Philosophy, Politics ≈ 16 Comments Tags1940s, Bazin, Blogathon, Brecht, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Creepy True Story, D... Read full article
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Facts about Monsieur Verdoux
Chaplin bought the idea for the film off Orson Welles for $5,000. Welles had been contemplating making a dramatized documentary of the real story of French serial killer, Henri Landru.
The producers of the film were sued in 1948 by Parisian bank employee Henri Verdoux.
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