The Mad Genius (1931)
09/30/1931 (US) • 1h 21m
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
Overview
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
Top Billed Cast
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Nana Carlova
Karimsky
Fedor Ivanoff
Sergei Bankieff
Sonya Preskoya
Count Robert Renaud
Fedor as a Boy
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
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