Iluminace 2012, 24(1):69-86

No Place for Peace-Mongers. Charlie Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and Czechoslovak Communist Propaganda

Jindřiška Bláhová

This thematic study shows how Charlie Chaplin's iconic personality and work carried certain characteristics that were used by the system in post-war Czechoslovakia for ideological propaganda. As a humanist, Chaplin was perceived as a potentially subversive figure in the inhuman environment of Hollywood, and was therefore valued as a progressive individualist by the communist regime. His 1947 film Mensieur Verdoux was very positively reviewed in the Czechoslovak press of the time.

Keywords: American actors, star system, politics and film, communism, socialism, sociology of film

Published: March 1, 2012  Show citation

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Bláhová, J. (2012). No Place for Peace-Mongers. Charlie Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and Czechoslovak Communist Propaganda. Iluminace, 24(1), 69-86
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