==Production==The initial idea for the film came when Orson Welles, developing a film of his own, was inspired to cast Chaplin as a character based on Landru; but Chaplin backed out at the last minute, not wanting to act for another director.
Sčasoma ga oblasti pregona odkrijejo in obsodijo za umor na giljotino, toda sam zavrača ubijanje peščice, za kar je bil obsojen, da ni nič slabše kot ubijanje množic v vojni, za kar so bili drugi nagrajeni.