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Waxworks

(1924)

November 13, 1924• 1h 23m
64%
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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.

Leo Birinski

Director

Top Billed Cast

EJ

Emil Jannings

Harun al Raschid

CV

Conrad Veidt

Ivan the Terrible

WD

William Dieterle

The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

WK

Werner Krauss

Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

OB

Olga Belajeff

Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin

JG

John Gottowt

Owner of the Waxworks

GJ

Georg John

Owner of the Panoptikums

EL

Ernst Legal

Poison-Maker of the Czar

PB

Paul Biensfeldt

Grand Vizier

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