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Waxworks

6.4/10

November 13, 1924

83 minutes

Leo Birinski

Fantasy Horror

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

November 13, 1924

Runtime

83 minutes

Director

Leo Birinski

Rating

6.4/10

Production Companies

Neptune-Film A.G.

Trailer

WAXWORKS (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

Cast

Emil Jannings

Harun al Raschid

Conrad Veidt

Ivan the Terrible

William Dieterle

The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

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