| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
The definitive Chaplin collection |
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Definitive Chaplin Collection
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| Summary |
In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers," Verdoux says. "As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison." |
| Notes |
Videodisc release of the 1947 motion picture |
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Special features: Chaplin today - Monsieur Verdoux (26 min. documentary) ; photo gallery |
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Based on an idea by Orson Welles |
| Credits |
Written, produced, directed and scored by Charles Chaplin ; photography, Curt Courant, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin |
| Performer |
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mody Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis |
| Audience |
Rating: PG. Mild themes |
| Notes |
DVD, region 4, PAL, Dolby digital mono |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Fortune hunters.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Raye, Martha.
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Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Correll, Mody
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Roddan, Allison
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Australasia) Pty. Ltd
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