The Man Who Laughs
THE BREAKING HEART BEHIND THE LAUGHING FACE.
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4/27/1928Runtime
110 minsOverview
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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A expressionist tragedy where a disfigured man wears his frozen smile as both curse and armor, navigating a cruel world that mistakes his agony for mirth. Silent cinema at its most darkly poetic and visually grotesque.
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Mary Philbin
Dea
Conrad Veidt
Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
Julius Molnar
Young Gwynplaine
Olga Baclanova
Duchess Josiana
Brandon Hurst
Barkilphedro
Cesare Gravina
Ursus
Stuart Holmes
Lord Dirry-Moir
Sam De Grasse
King James II
Josephine Crowell
Queen Anne
Károly Huszár
Innkeeper
Delmo Fritz
Sword Swallower
Deno Fritz
Sword Swallower
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