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.| Original Title: | Das Wachsfigurenkabinett |
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| Status: | Released (1924-11-13) |
| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Henrik Galeen |
| Productions: | Neptune-Film A.G. |
| Production Countries: | Germany |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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Casts
- 2895: Emil Jannings - Harun al Raschid
- 3001: Conrad Veidt - Ivan the Terrible
- 49214: William Dieterle - The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
- 3000: Werner Krauß - Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
- 1086981: Olga Belajeff - Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
- 9845: John Gottowt - Owner of the Waxworks
- 29129: Georg John - Owner of the Panoptikums
Crews
- 48055: Paul Leni - Director - Directing
- 9833: Henrik Galeen - Writer - Writing
- 98077: Alexander Kwartiroff - Producer - Production
- 48055: Paul Leni - Art Direction - Art
- 98076: Leo Birinski - Producer - Production
- 13891: Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken - Production Manager - Production
- 49214: William Dieterle - Assistant Director - Directing
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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 ....
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