LoginMonsieur Verdoux (Criterion Collection) - Region A Blu-ray
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This blistering little black comedy was well ahead of its time when released in 1947. Originally, Orson Welles had wanted Chaplin to star in his drama about a French mass murderer named Landru, but Chaplin was hesitant to act for another director, and used the idea himself. He plays a dapper gent named Henri Verdoux (who assumes a number of identities), a civilized monster who marries wealthy women, then murders them (as we meet him, he's gathering roses as an incinerator ominously bellows smoke in the background) and collects their money to support his real family. The Little Tramp is now a distant memory, though this was
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Manufacturer: Criterion Collection
Release date: 26 March 2013
EAN: 0715515103817 UPC: 715515103817
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Release date: 26 March 2013
EAN: 0715515103817 UPC: 715515103817
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