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Waxworks( 1924)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Emil Jannings

      Harun al Raschid

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      Conrad Veidt

      Ivan the Terrible

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      William Dieterle

      The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

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      Werner Krauss

      Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

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      Olga Belajeff

      Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin

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      John Gottowt

      Owner of the Waxworks

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      Georg John

      Owner of the Panoptikums

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      Ernst Legal

      Poison-Maker of the Czar

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      Paul Biensfeldt

      Grand Vizier

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • insanity
    • jack the ripper
    • anthology
    • wax museum
    • torture chamber
    • psychotronic
    • expressionism
    • german expressionism