Waxworks

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

1924·83'

Paul Leni,Leo Birinski

HorrorFantasy

DE - German

Letterboxd TMDB #27522

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.

Cast

Emil Jannings Harun al Raschid Conrad Veidt Ivan the Terrible William Dieterle The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince Werner Krauss Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack Olga Belajeff Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin John Gottowt Owner of the Waxworks Georg John Owner of the Panoptikums Ernst Legal Poison-Maker of the Czar Paul Biensfeldt Grand Vizier