Monsieur Verdoux
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Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 dark comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, in which he plays a former bank clerk who marries and murders wealthy women for their money.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monsieur Verdoux canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
dark comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | idea by Orson Welles ⓘ |
| castMember |
Allison Roddan
NERFINISHED
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Almira Sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Hohl NERFINISHED ⓘ Audrey Betz NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Nedell NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Edna Purviance NERFINISHED ⓘ Fritz Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ Irving Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Isobel Elsom NERFINISHED ⓘ Mady Correll NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Raye NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Brissac NERFINISHED ⓘ William Frawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Henri Verdoux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Curt Courant
NERFINISHED
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Roland Totheroh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Willard Nico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy film
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crime film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Henri Verdoux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | Not Rated ⓘ |
| musicBy | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A former bank clerk supports his family by marrying and murdering wealthy women for their money. ⓘ |
| producer | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Charles Chaplin Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | April 11, 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 124 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charlie Chaplin
NERFINISHED
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Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| starring | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of capitalism
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moral relativism ⓘ |
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