Waxworks (1924)
1h 23m
Running Time
November 13, 1924Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid
Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible
Werner Krauß
Jack the Ripper
William Dieterle
The Poet
Olga Belajeff
Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
Paul Biensfeldt
Grand Vizier
Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken
Production Manager
John Gottowt
Inhaber der Panoptikums
Alfred Junge
Assistant Art Director
Georg John
Prisoner
Paul Dannenberg
Props
Ernst Legal
Poison-Maker of the Czar
Leo Birinski
Director
Paul Leni
Director
Henrik Galeen
Writer
Fritz Maurischat
Assistant Art Director
Ernst Stern
Costume Design
Alexander Kwartiroff
Producer
Hans Lechner
Still Photographer
Richard Siedhoff
Music
Bernd Schultheis
Composer
Helmar Lerski
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 13, 1924
Original NameDas Wachsfigurenkabinett
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Waxworks (German: Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) is a 1924 German silent anthology film directed by Paul Leni. Its stories are linked by a plot thread about a writer (William Dieterle) who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of stories about the exhibits of Caliph of Baghdad (Emil Jannings), Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt) and Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss) in order to boost business.