

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Acting
Denner's terrifying domesticity — evil in a cardigan.
Direction
Chabrol's clinical distance makes it worse.
Writing
Satire so sharp it leaves scars.

Director
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Landru's real notebook — 'burns' meant victims — was Chabrol's actual prop inspiration.
Chabrol made this during France's Algerian War, slyly commenting on state violence while claiming historical distance.