Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Genre
- comedy film, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 478 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A former bank teller marries and kills wealthy women to support his own family. The story follows his calculated schemes and the moral compromises he makes.
darkly comicsatiricalcoldtensebleakcalculatedprovocativeuneven
What happens
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. The film concerns a former bank teller who marries and murders wealthy women in order to support his wife and child. It was controversial upon its release for its dark tone and critique of war and capitalism, and was consequently a critical and box office failure. Because the film was released around the same time that Chaplin was facing accusations of being a Communist, it was boycotted by several civic groups and damaged Chaplin's career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Backlash (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.