Rent Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux
(1947)
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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 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.
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Rated: 3.8 stars out of 5 from 11 ratings
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Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
| Release Date: | 22/09/2003 |
| Production Year: | 1947 |
| Run Time: | 118 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
- Introduction by David Robinson
- Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film
- Chaplin today: Monsieur Verdoux
- Documentary by Bernard Eisenschitz with the participation of the master of the thriller film, Claude Chabrol
- Plan drawings for the set and preparatory sketches
- Blueprints of the set compared with the corresponding scenes in the film
- Photo gallery
- Production stills and photos of the actors
- Film posters
- Each poster is accompanied by a radio commercial of the period
- Trailers
- The Chaplin collection
