Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. In the film, an unemployed bank teller named Henri Verdoux turns to marrying and murdering wealthy widows to financially support his incapacitated wife and child. Inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru, Verdoux’s dark methods lead to a murder trial and a thought-provoking comparison between his relatively few victims and the millions killed in wars for profit1. The movie is a captivating exploration of morality and societal norms. �