Waxworks (1924)

11/13/1924 (DE) • 1h 23m

Fantasy, Horror

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

insanity

jack the ripper

anthology

wax museum

torture chamber

psychotronic

expressionism

german expressionism

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