Waxworks (film)
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| Waxworks | |
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 A Russian poster for Waxworks |
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| Directed by | Paul Leni |
| Produced by | Alexander Kwartiroff |
| Starring | Werner Krauss Conrad Veidt Emil Jannings William Dieterle |
| Cinematography | Helmar Lerski |
| Release date(s) |  November 13, 1924 |
| Running time | 63 min. |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent film German intertitles |
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Waxworks (original title: Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) is an episodic 1924 fantasy/horror film directed by Paul Leni.
[edit] Plot summary
The owner of a Wax Museum desires a back-story for his wax models of Harun al-Rashid, Ivan the Terrible, and Jack the Ripper in order to draw an audience. The first is an Arabian knights tale for Harun al Raschid, the second story is about Tzar Ivan the Terrible who likes watching people die together with his court-chemist. While writing the third story it seems that the Jack the Ripper figure may not be a wax piece as it once seemed.
[edit] See also
- List of films made in Weimar Germany
- Waxwork (1988 film), another semi-anthology horror film about living waxworks
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German films: Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart (1916) • Prinz Kuckuck (1919) • Patience (1920) • Backstairs (1921) • Waxworks (1924)
American films: The Cat and the Canary (1927) • The Chinese Parrot (1927) • The Man Who Laughs (1928) • The Last Warning (1929)
