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Waxworks
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6.4A 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.
Released: 1924-11-1383 minDir: Leo BirinskiFantasy, Horror
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Harun al Raschid
- Conrad Veidt as Ivan the Terrible
- William Dieterle as The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
- Werner Krauss as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
- Olga Belajeff as Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
- John Gottowt as Owner of the Waxworks
Themes
- insanity
- jack the ripper
- anthology
- wax museum
- torture chamber
- psychotronic
- expressionism
- german expressionism
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