
Waxworks
FantasyHorrorinsanityjack the ripperanthologywax museumtorture chamberpsychotronicexpressionismgerman expressionism
A visually stunning German Expressionist anthology where a poet's fevered imagination transforms wax museum figures into nightmarish historical tales, framed by a tender romance emerging from shared fantasy.
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.
Essence
Ensemble

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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