Waxworks (1924)
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.
- Released
- 1924-11-13
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Leo Birinski, Paul Leni
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 73 votes
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Harun al Raschid
- Conrad Veidt as Ivan the Terrible
- William Dieterle as The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
- Werner Krauss as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
- Olga Belajeff as Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
- John Gottowt as Owner of the Waxworks
- Georg John as Owner of the Panoptikums
- Ernst Legal as Poison-Maker of the Czar
- Paul Biensfeldt as Grand Vizier