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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais between December 1915 and January 1919.
A list of cultural depictions of Henri Désiré Landru. Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Henri Désiré Landru" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer during the First World War and nicknamed the "Bluebeard of Gambais". His story was lampooned in the Charlie Chaplin black comedy film Monsieur Verdoux (1947). An eponymous dramatic film, Landru, was released in France in 1963.
Art dealer Henri Landru becomes infatuated with burlesque performer, Odette, who already has a lover and is only interested in Landru for money. She tricks Landru into thinking her mother is sick and needs money for an important operation. Landru vows to raise the money to fund the operation. Landru attempts to find furniture that he can sell.
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash. In the film, a bank teller is fired after three decades of work. The unemployed man still ...
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Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (c. 1320–1391), French nobleman who compiled Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles; Ghislaine Landry (born 1988), Canadian rugby player; Greg Landry (born 1946), American football player; H. Scott Landry (born 1948 or 1949), American politician; Hagan Landry (born 1994), American Paralympic athlete
Asked for suggestions by Colombres, Palacio remarked that the satirist, who at the time wore a goatee, resembled the French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru ("Bluebeard," or as he is known in Argentina: "Landrú"). [2] Colombres earned a gold medal from the Argentine Illustrators' Association in 1948, and a Clarín Award in 1954. [5]