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13/11/1924 Fantasy, Horror 1h 23m
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Overview

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.

  1. Leo Birinski

    Director

  2. Henrik Galeen

    Writer

  3. Paul Leni

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Emil Jannings

    Harun al Raschid

  2. Conrad Veidt

    Ivan the Terrible

  3. William Dieterle

    The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

  4. Werner Krauss

    Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

  5. Olga Belajeff

    Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin

  6. John Gottowt

    Owner of the Waxworks

  7. Georg John

    Owner of the Panoptikums

  8. Ernst Legal

    Poison-Maker of the Czar

  9. Paul Biensfeldt

    Grand Vizier

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
There is more than a little of the "Dr. Caligari" (1921) to this compendium of three stories. Visually very similar in style, with angular - seemingly disjointed and out of scale sets and wonderfully targeted use of lighting serves to augment these episodes. A waxworks provides that environment where William Dieterle works, charged with writing some texts to accompany the effigies of three historical figures. The first is a fun "Arabian Nights" tale with Emil Jannings as "Harun", the second sees Conrad Veitd portray the Russian Czar Ivan IV (the terrible), finally he embarks on a tale of "Jack...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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