Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

Sep 22, 2003

0h 26m

★ 5.6

Overview

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.

Genres

TV Movie

Documentary

Production Companies

Association Chaplin

France 5

MK2 Films

Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux' Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self

Claude Chabrol

Self

Norman Lloyd

Self (archive footage)

Hanns Eisler

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Hoffman

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Nash

Self (archive footage)

Martha Raye

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

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