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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Cast & Crew.
Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid
Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible
William Dieterle
The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince / Assistant Director
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
Richard Siedhoff
Music
Leo Birinski
Director / Editor / Producer
Ernst Stern
Costume Design
Paul Leni
Director / Art Direction
Henrik Galeen
Writer
Alexander Kwartiroff
Producer
Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 13, 1924
Original NameDas Wachsfigurenkabinett
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
jack the ripper
insanity
anthology
wax museum
torture chamber
psychotronic
expressionism
german expressionism
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.
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