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Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux

Drama Comedy Crime

1947, Movie, 2h 4min

Charlie Chaplin plays shockingly against type in his most controversial film, a brilliant and bleak black comedy about money, marriage, and murder. Chaplin is a twentieth-century bluebeard, an enigmatic family man who goes to extreme lengths to support his wife and child, attempting to bump off a series of wealthy widows (including one played by the indefatigable Martha Raye, in a hilarious performance). This deeply philosophical and wildly entertaining film is a work of true sophistication, both for the moral questions it dares to ask and for the way it deconstructs its megastar’s lovable on-screen persona.

Country: United States

Director:

Charlie Chaplin

Cast:

Charlie Chaplin,

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Critic None Listed

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8

Chaplin's most fully-conceived talkie.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Uffe Stormgaard

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7

...en milepæl i Chaplins karriere – nok mere politisk end filmisk.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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