Waxworks

Nov 13, 1924

1h 23m

★ 6.4

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Neptune-Film A.G.

Waxworks Trailers

Cast

Harun al Raschid

Emil Jannings

Ivan the Terrible

Conrad Veidt

The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince

William Dieterle

Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack

Werner Krauss

Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin

Olga Belajeff

Owner of the Waxworks

John Gottowt

Owner of the Panoptikums

Georg John

Poison-Maker of the Czar

Ernst Legal

Grand Vizier

Paul Biensfeldt

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