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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.
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- Directors
- Leo Birinski, Paul Leni
- Written by
- Henrik Galeen
- Produced by
- Alexander Kwartiroff, Leo Birinski
- Cinematographer
- Helmar Lerski
- Editor
- Leo Birinski
- Studio
- Neptune-Film A.G.
- Origin country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Language
- German
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.4/10 (72 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (2,389 votes)
Cast
Emil Jannings
Harun al Raschid
Conrad Veidt
Ivan the Terrible
William Dieterle
The Poet / Assad the Baker / Russian Prince
Werner Krauss
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
Olga Belajeff
Eva-Maimune-Eine Bojarin
John Gottowt
Owner of the Waxworks
Georg John
Owner of the Panoptikums
Ernst Legal
Poison-Maker of the Czar
Paul Biensfeldt
Grand Vizier
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