These are desperate days, my dear. Millions starving and unemployed.

— Monsieur Henri Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin)

6 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:34:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But we were happy then.

- Aren't we now?

- Of course, but...

- In the past three years, ever since you left the bank, you've been under a terrible strain.

- Henri, you worry me.

- That's the least of all things I wish to do.

- It's your state of mind.

- What's wrong with it?

- You seem so desperate about everything.

- These are desperate days, my dear. Millions starving and unemployed.

- It's not an easy task for a man of my age to make a living.

- I know it. It's terrifying.

- However, when the world looks grim and dark, then I think of another world - you and Peter all that I love on this earth.

- Can I help, Mama?

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