Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux

Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux

2003 · 26 min · ★ 5.8 · TV Movie, Documentary

A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.

Directed by Bernard Eisenschitz

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Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Claude Chabrol Self
Norman Lloyd Self
Hanns Eisler Self (archive footage)
Margaret Hoffman Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Nash Self (archive footage)
Martha Raye Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage)

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