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The Man Who Laughs
Drama, Horror, Mystery - 1928
The Man Who Laughs
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Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.
Director:
,
Paul Leni
Cast:
,
Olga Baclanova
,
Conrad Veidt
,
Mary Philbin
,
Brandon Hurst
,
Stuart Holmes
,
Cesare Gravina

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
27 Apr 1928
Country:
US
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
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Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Baclanova is amusing as a decadent duchess, but it's Leni's pictorial genius -- aided here by what must have been an enormous budget -- that marks the film as one of the most exhilarating of late silent cinema.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The Man Who Laughs is a truly great, a devastatingly beautiful film.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
20 Oct 2014
fresh:
One of the final treasures of German silent Expressionism.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
9 Apr 2004
fresh:
This production has been fashioned with considerable skill. It is, of course, a gruesome tale in which the horror is possibly moderated but none the less disturbing.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
As usual in Hugo, love is measured in sacrifice, yielding a sincere and extravagant sense of romance.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
8 Jan 2014
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