I'm a big fan of Charlie Chaplin so I really had to watch this flick at some point. Apparently, the film was originally meant to be directed by Orson Welles and starring Charles Chaplin, but Chaplin backed out at the last moment, saying that he had never had anyone direct him before and didn't want to start. Can you imagine this combination?!? Eventually, Chaplin directed the thing himself and reg... read more
Description:Henri Verdoux's business requires a lot of travel. His business involves wooing wealthy spinsters, winning their confidence and bank accounts, then killing the hapless biddies before moving on to his next conquest.
Charles Chaplin turns his traditionally sunny sensibilities inside out with this sublime black comedy about a family mHenri Verdoux's business requires a lot of travel. His business involves wooing wealthy spinsters, winning their confidence and bank accounts, then killing the hapless biddies before moving on to his next conquest.
Charles Chaplin turns his traditionally sunny sensibilities inside out with this sublime black comedy about a family man who secretly uses murder to support his beloved invalid wife and child. There's little of the immortal Tramp in Verdoux, yet the fastidious dandy is not lacking in comic graces. Most hilarious of all are the always-foiled attempts to dispatch the raucous Annabella (Martha Raye). When this most atypical Chaplin film opened, the world was not ready to look death in the face and walk away smiling. Today, Monsieur Verdoux ranks among Chaplin's best works. It is killer comedy.... (more)(less)
"Henri Verdoux (Charles Chaplin)
"Wars, conflict - it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow!"
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johanlefourbe added this to a list 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Cast : Charles Chaplin
What was it about?
A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
My two cents:
Apparently, the film was originally meant to be directed by Orson Welles and starring Charles Chaplin, but Chaplin backed out at the last moment, saying that he had never had anyone direct him before and didn't want to start. Can you imagine this combination?!? Eventually, Chaplin directed the"
"Chaplin tries his hand at dark comedy with Monsieur Verdoux. Though it is a generally well-made film (with one of Chaplin's darkest endings), it is really not as charming and satisfying as fans of his work may be used to.
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Mr. Saturn added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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Though this is nowadays one of the most popular Chaplin-films, at its time people didn't want to see death - especially as a murder - in films and they thought it insulted women. So the audience really didn't like it at that time.
Despite the film's poor reception, it was nominated for the Academy Award (1947) for Best Writing (Original Screenplay).
There are some thoughts that Chaplin would have protested by Monsieur Verdoux's theme after being marked as a communist and been in interrogatio"
Lamourderer added this to a list 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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As for being a mass killer, doesn’t the world encourage it? Is it not building weapons of destruction for the sole purpose of mass killing? Has it not blown up unsuspecting women and little children……..As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison.
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